Developmentally regulated stabilization of neuronal intermediate filaments in rat cerebral cortex

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 229, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-80

  Giasson, Benoit I ^a   Mushynski, Walter E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Internexin; Cerebral cortex; Development; Neurofilament

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; TRITON X 100;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0030801044     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00425-4     Document Type: Article

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