Lucifer yellow - an angel rather than the devil

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 22-31

  Hanani, Menachem ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dye coupling; Enteric neurons; Gap junctions; Interstitial cells of Cajal; Intracellular labelling; Lucifer yellow

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; LUCIFER YELLOW;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL JUNCTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; INTERSTITIAL CELL OF CAJAL; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE RECOVERY AFTER PHOTOBLEACHING; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; INTERSTITIAL CELLS OF CAJAL; ISOQUINOLINES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEURONS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84855180815     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2011.01378.x     Document Type: Article

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