Expression of apolipoprotein E mRNA in rat microglia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-44

  Nakai, Masamichi ^a   Kawamata, Toshio ^a   Taniguchi, Taizo ^a   Maeda, Kiyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Chikako ^a  

^a Hyogo Institute for Aging Brain and Cognitive Disorders   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Apolipoprotein A; Microglia; Reverse transcriptase in situ polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; MESSENGER RNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; MICROGLIA; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030582979     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(96)12716-6     Document Type: Article

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