Antisense oligodeoxynucleotides to bax mRNA promote survival of rat sympathetic neurons in culture

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 726-734

  Gillardon, F ^a   Zimmermann, M ^a   Uhlmann, E ^b   Krajewski, S ^c   Reed, J C ^c   Klimaschewski, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b General Pharma Research   (Germany)

^c BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

bcl 2; nerve growth factor; neuronal cell death; superior cervical ganglion

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROTEIN BAX;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CONTACT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPERIOR CERVICAL GANGLION; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0029888031     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960315)43:6<726::AID-JNR9>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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