A possible role of the nestin protein in the developing central nervous system in rat embryos

Brain Research

Volumn 723, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 177-189

  Matsuda, Motoko ^a   Katoh Semba, Ritsuko ^a   Kitani, Hiroshi ^b   Tomooka, Yasuhiro ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell shape; nestin; neural tube; neuroepithelial cell; neurogenesis; rat embryo; whole embryo culture

Indexed keywords

NESTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0030003907     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00243-0     Document Type: Article

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