Hormonal and non-hormonal regulation of glutamine synthetase in the developing neural retina

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 321-329

  Gorovits, Rena ^a   Yakir, Aline ^a   Fox, Lyle E ^a   Vardimon, Lily ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; Glutamine synthetase; Neural retina; Neuronal cell death

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER;

ANIMALS; CHICK EMBRYO; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLUTAMATE-AMMONIA LIGASE; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RETINA;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030608443     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00213-6     Document Type: Article

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