Expression of c-Jun protein in degenerating retinal ganglion cells after optic nerve lesion in the rat

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 28-36

  Isenmann, Stefan ^a   Bähr, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ONCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C JUN; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0031239774     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1997.6585     Document Type: Article

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