Electron tomography and immunonanogold electron microscopy for investigating intracellular trafficking and secretion in human eosinophils

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1416-1419

  Melo, Rossana C N ^a,b   Dvorak, Ann M ^b   Weller, Peter F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF JUIZ DE FORA   (Brazil)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell secretion; Electron tomography; Eosinophil sombrero vesicles (EoSVs); Eosinophils; Immunonanogold electron microscopy; Inflammation; Vesicular transport

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SECRETION; SECRETORY VESICLE; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EOSINOPHILS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SECRETORY VESICLES; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 49549087335     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00346.x     Document Type: Review

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