Transferrin is an early marker of hepatic differentiation, and its expression correlates with the postnatal development of oligodendrocytes in mice

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 421-432

  Cassia, Raul ^b   Besnard, Luce ^c   Fiette, Laurence ^b   Espinosa De Los Monteros, Araceli ^a   Avé, Patrick ^b   Py, Marie Claire ^b   Huerre, Michel ^b   De Vellis, Jean ^a   Zakin, Mario M ^b   Guillou, Florian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Human transferrin; Liver differentiation; Oligodendrocytes; Transferrin; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IRON TRANSPORT; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REPORTER GENE; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; ENDODERM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPLEEN; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0030662564     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19971101)50:3<421::AID-JNR8>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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