Expression of synaptic membrane proteins in gerbil pinealocytes in primary culture

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 509-520

  Redecker, P ^a   Pabst, H ^b   Gebert, A ^a   Steinlechner, S ^b  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

synaptic like microvesicles; synaptobrevin; synaptophysin; synaptotagmin; transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; SYNAPTOBREVIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNTAXIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GERBIL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PINEAL GLAND; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 0031055844     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19970301)47:5<509::AID-JNR6>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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