Localisation and expression of metallothionein immunoreactivity in the developing sheep brain

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 195-203

  Holloway, Adele F ^a   Stennard, Fiona A ^a   Dziegielewska, Katarzyna M ^a   Weller, Lee ^a   West, Adrian K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Brain; Fetal; Glial cells; Immunocytochemistry; Metallothionein; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METALLOTHIONEIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030943832     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0736-5748(96)00091-3     Document Type: Article

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