Histochemical localization of heme oxygenase-2 protein and mRNA expression in rat brain

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 165-174

  Ewing, James F ^a   Maines, Mahin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; Bile pigment; Bilirubin; Brain heme oxygenase 2 (HO 2); Carbon monoxide; Glucocorticoid; Heme degradation

Indexed keywords

BILE PIGMENT; BILIRUBIN; CARBON MONOXIDE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; HEME; HEME OXYGENASE; HEMOPROTEIN; IRON; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE HISTOCHEMISTRY; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; RNA TRANSLATION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CORTICOSTERONE; HEME OXYGENASE (DECYCLIZING); HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031396912     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(96)00027-X     Document Type: Article

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