Isolation and identification of CGRP C-terminal fragments in the rat spinal cord

Neuropeptides

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-23

  Le Greves P ^a,d   Andersson, K ^b   Silberring, J ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b GE Healthcare Bio Sciences AB   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Box 591 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031048807     PISSN: 01434179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0143-4179(97)90014-7     Document Type: Article

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