Histochemical localization of the extracellular matrix components in the annular ligament of rat stapediovestibular joint with special reference to fibrillin, 36-kDa microfibril-associated glycoprotein (MAGP-36), and hyaluronic acid

Medical Molecular Morphology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-33

  Ohashi, Mitsuru ^a   Ide, Soyuki ^a   Sawaguchi, Akira ^a   Suganuma, Tatsuo ^a   Kimitsuki, Takashi ^b   Komune, Shizuo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

36 kDa microfibril associated glycoprotein (MAGP 36); Annular ligament; Elastic fiber; Fibrillin; Hyaluronic acid; Stapediovestibular joint

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HYALURONIC ACID; MICROFIBRIL ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN 36;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTINYLATION; CONDUCTION DEAFNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAPES; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD44; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HYALURONIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JOINTS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STAPES; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH;

EID: 43549087359     PISSN: 18601480     EISSN: 18601499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-007-0394-3     Document Type: Article

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