High expression of Bcl-x protein in the developing human cerebellar cortex

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-182

  Sohma, O ^a   Mizuguchi, M ^a,b   Takashima, S ^a   Yamada, M ^c   Ikeda, K ^b   Ohta, S ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

apoptosis; central nervous system; development; immunochemistry; immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APOPTOSIS; BCL-X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030060033     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960115)43:2<175::AID-JNR5>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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