Ethanol exposure affects glial fibrillary acidic protein gene expression and transcription during rat brain development

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2484-2493

  Valles S ^a   Pitarch, J ^a   Renau Piqueras, J ^a   Guerri, C ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN PRÍNCIPE FELIPE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Astrocytes in culture; Brain development; Fetal alcohol syndrome; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Methylation; mRNA; mRNA stability; Prenatal ethanol exposure; Runoff; Transcription; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; GILA;

EID: 0030658985     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69062484.x     Document Type: Review

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