Growth inhibitory factor and zinc affect neural cell cultures in a tissue specific manner

Chemico-Biological Interactions

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 167-174

  Bruinink, Arend ^a   Faller, Peter ^b   Sidler, Corinne ^a   Bogumil, Ralf ^b   Vasák, Milan ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Brain; GIF; Metallothionein; Neural retina culture; Zinc

Indexed keywords

GROWTH INHIBITOR; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; ZINC;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; RETINA CELL;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALLITHRIX; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FIBROBLASTS; GROWTH INHIBITORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUTRAL RED; RETINA; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TISSUE EXTRACTS; ZINC;

MARMOSETS;

EID: 0032476137     PISSN: 00092797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2797(98)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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