Oligodendrocyte gene expression in the human fetal spinal cord during the second trimester of gestation

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 332-340

  Grever, William E ^a,b   Weidenheim, Karen M ^a   Tricoche, Marianela ^a   Rashbaum, William K ^a   Lyman, William D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

central nervous system; CNPase; glial fibrillary acidic protein; human development; myelin basic protein; myelin associated glycoprotein; myelination

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KINETICS; MYELIN DEFICIENCY; MYELINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SPINAL CORD;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGODENDROGLIA; ORGAN SIZE; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0031031670     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970201)47:3<332::AID-JNR11>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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