Electron microscope tomography: Further demonstration of nanocontacts between caveolae and smooth muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum: Images in Cellular/Molecular Medicine

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1416-1418

  Gherghiceanu, Mihaela ^a   Popescu, L M ^a,b  

^a VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

^b CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Calcium signaling; Caveolae; Electron microscope tomography; Sarcoplasmic reticulum; Smooth muscle

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAVEOLA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MITOCHONDRION; RAT; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CAVEOLAE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SARCOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38149061425     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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