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Role of Ecto-ATPases, Based on Histochemical Investigations

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Ecto-ATPases

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The aim of this study was to investigate whether some correlation maybe found between the localization of ecto-ATPases and their supposed function in different tissues of several species. We used ultrahistochemical methods, which are appropriate for localizing putative enzyme activity, but provide only a crude measure of activity. The results seem to support the hypothesis that the roles of ecto-ATPases vary in different tissues, and includes elimination of synaptically released ATP and cell adhesion processes.

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  1. Department of Cell Biology, Institute of Experimental Medicine Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

    Agnes Kittel

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  1. University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark

    Liselotte Plesner

  2. University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Terence L. Kirley

  3. University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Aileen F. Knowles

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Kittel, A. (1997). Role of Ecto-ATPases, Based on Histochemical Investigations. In: Plesner, L., Kirley, T.L., Knowles, A.F. (eds) Ecto-ATPases. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5955-9_9

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