Testis-brain RNA-binding protein (Translin) is primarily expressed in neurons of the mouse brain

Brain Research

Volumn 819, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 174-178

  Wu, Xin Qi ^a   Petrusz, Peter ^b   Hecht, Norman B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; DNA binding protein; RNA binding protein

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PARAFFIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CYTOSOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TESTIS;

EID: 0007971924     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01322-5     Document Type: Article

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