Increase of glial fibrillary acidic protein fragments in the spinal cord of motor neuron degeneration mutant mouse

Brain Research

Volumn 785, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-40

  Fujita, Kimikazu ^a   Yamauchi, Masamitsu ^a   Matsui, Taei ^b   Titani, Koiti ^b   Takahashi, Hisahide ^c   Kato, Toshiaki ^c   Isomura, Genzoh ^c   Ando, Masato ^d   Nagata, Yutaka ^a  

^a Fujita Health University   (Japan)

^b Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science   (Japan)

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d AICHI GAKUSEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); GFAP amino acid sequence; GFAP immunohistochemistry; Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP); Motor neuron degeneration (Mnd) mutant mouse; Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE); Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR SOLUBILIZATION;

EID: 0032559609     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00612-4     Document Type: Article

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