Transmission electron microscopy as key technique for the characterization of telocytes

Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 410-414

  Cantarero, Irene ^a,b   Luesma, Maria Jose ^c,d   Alvarez Dotu, Jose Miguel ^e   Muñoz, Eduardo ^a,b   Junquera, Concepcion ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b Maimonides Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Cordoba   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

C kit; Stem cells; Telocytes; Transmission electron microscopy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TELOCYTE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; STEM CELLS; TELOCYTES;

EID: 84974674558     PISSN: 1574888X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1574888X10666150306155435     Document Type: Article

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