αB-crystallin is expressed in non-lenticular tissues and accumulates in Alexander's disease brain

Cell

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 71-78

  Iwaki, Toru ^a   Kume Iwaki, Akiko ^a   Liem, Ronald K H ^a   Goldman, James E ^a  

^a Department of Pathology Columbia University College of Physicians Surgeons The New York State Psychiatric Institute New York ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CRYSTALLIN; BETA CRYSTALLIN; BRAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ASTROCYTE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ROSENTHAL FIBER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTES; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRYSTALLINS; DIFFUSE CEREBRAL SCLEROSIS OF SCHILDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCLUSION BODIES; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RATS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRANSLATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0024521440     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(89)90173-6     Document Type: Article

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