Phorbol esters alter the morphology of cultured guinea-pig myenteric glia via a protein kinase C-independent mechanism

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 233, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 61-64

  Hanani, Menachem ^a,b   Lin, Zhong ^a   Louzon, Vered ^a   Brenner, Talma ^a   Boneh, Avihu ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Enteric glia; Guinea pig; Myenteric plexus; Phorbol esters; Protein kinase C

Indexed keywords

PHORBOL 12 ACETATE 13 MYRISTATE; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL PH; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLIA CELL; GUINEA PIG; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GUINEA PIGS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEUROGLIA; PHORBOL ESTERS; PROTEIN KINASE C; TETRADECANOYLPHORBOL ACETATE;

EID: 0030824120     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00630-7     Document Type: Article

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