Localization of preproenkephalin mRNA in rat heart: Selective gene expression in left ventricular myocardium

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 275, Issue 2 44-2, 1998, Pages

  Weil, Joachim ^a   Eschenhagen, Thomas ^a   Fleige, Gerrit ^a   Mittmann, Clemens ^a   Orthey, Ellen ^a   Scholz, Hasso ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Endogenous opioids; Gene expression; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; PREPROENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031875848     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.1998.275.2.h378     Document Type: Article

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