Polysialic acid synthase (ST8Sia II/STX) mRNA expression in the developing mouse central nervous system

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 494-503

  Kurosawa, Nobuyuki ^a   Yoshida, Yukiko ^a   Kojima, Naoya ^a   Tsuji, Shuichi ^a  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Developing mouse CNS; In situ hybridization; Polysialic acid; Polysialic acid synthase gene

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; POLYSIALIC ACID; SYNTHETASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030799550     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1997.69020494.x     Document Type: Article

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