Messenger RNAs in dendrites: Localization, stability, and implications for neuronal function

BioEssays

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 70-78

  Gao, Fen Biao ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DENDRITE; DRUG STABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DRUG STABILITY; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0031912139     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1521-1878(199801)20:1<70::AID-BIES10>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Review

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