Localization of the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, calcineurin, in the hindbrain and spinal cord of the rat

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 375, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-76

  Strack, Stefan ^a   Wadzinski, Brian E ^b   Ebner, Ford F ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium calmodulin dependent protein kinase II; facial nucleus; medulla; motoneuron; protein phosphorylation

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FACIAL NERVE NUCLEUS; FAST MUSCLE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; AXONS; BINDING SITES; CALCINEURIN; CALMODULIN-BINDING PROTEINS; CATALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; RATS; RETICULAR FORMATION; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029864532     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961104)375:1<66::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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