Differential expression of cell-cell and cell-substratum adhesion proteins along the kidney nephron.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Piepenhagen, Peter A.; Nelson, W. James
- Source
- American Journal of Physiology. Dec95 Part 1, Vol. 269 Issue 6, pC1433. 17p. 4 Color Photographs, 23 Black and White Photographs, 1 Diagram, 1 Graph.
- Subject
- *KIDNEY tubules
*CELL membranes
*PHYSIOLOGY
- Language
- ISSN
- 0002-9513
Demonstrates that the cadherin-associated proteins alpha and beta-catenin are localized to basolateral membranes of cells in all kidney nephron segments. Antibodies; Tissue preparation and immunofluorescence staining; Expression of plakoglobin along the nephron; Expression patterns of laminin A and alpha6-integrin.