Cellular distribution of branched-chain amino acid aminotransferase isoenzymes among rat brain glial cells in culture

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 685-694

  Bixel, M Gabriele ^a   Hutson, Susan M ^b   Hamprecht, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

astroglial cells; energy metabolism; immunocytochemistry; nitrogen metabolism; O2A progenitor cells; oligodendroglial cells

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ISOENZYME;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031007633     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549704500506     Document Type: Article

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