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Anchorage of gap junctions studied by confocal microscopy.

1992; Japan Society of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry; Volume: 25; Issue: 1/2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1267/ahc.25.87

1347-5800

J P Revel, Lakshmi Bugga, Dale W. Laird,

Photoacoustic and Ultrasonic Imaging

Permeabilization procedures which allow the entry of immunocytochemical reagents may disrupt cells and tissues sufficiently to cause the loss of membrane associated structures. We show here that gap junctions may retain their integrity but become at least partially detached.