Microencapsulated ciliary neurotrophic factor: Physical properties and biological activities

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 177-188

  Maysinger, Dusica ^a,c   Krieglstein, Kerstin ^c   Filipovic Grcic, Jelena ^a   Sendtner, Michael ^d   Unsicker, Klaus ^c   Richardson, Peter ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MGH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOKINE; POLYMER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CILIARY GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; KIDNEY CELL; MICROCAPSULE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029876686     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1996.0056     Document Type: Article

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