Expression of β1-4 N-acetylgalactosaminyl-transferase gene in the developing rat brain and retina: mRNA, protein immunoreactivity and enzyme activity

Neurochemistry International

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-19

  Daniotti, J L ^a   Rosales Fritz, V M ^a   Martina, J A ^a   Furukawa, K ^b   Maccioni, H J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PROBE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; RETINA; RETINA CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOBLOTTING; N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINYLTRANSFERASES; RATS; RETINA; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030923667     PISSN: 01970186     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-0186(97)00002-8     Document Type: Article

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