Gephyrin accumulates at specific plasmalemma loci during neuronal maturation in vitro

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 374, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 467-479

  Colin, I ^a   Rostaing, P ^a   Triller, A ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

clustering; immunocytochemistry; inhibition; rat spinal cord; receptor associated protein

Indexed keywords

GEPHYRIN; GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0029961905     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19961021)374:3<467::AID-CNE10>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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