Rapid conversion of drebrin isoforms during synapse formation in primary culture of cortical neurons

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-141

  Hayashi, Kensuke ^a   Suzuki, Kazushi ^a   Shirao, Tomoaki ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Cortical neuron; Drebrin; Primary culture; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

DREBRIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; FETUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOMERISM; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032213927     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00128-X     Document Type: Article

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