Vitronectin expression in Purkinje cells in the human cerebellum

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 251, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-112

  Walker, D G ^a,b   McGeer, P L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesive glycoprotein; Coagulation; Complement; Gene expression; Immunohistochemistry; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; VITRONECTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENILE PLAQUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CEREBELLUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PURKINJE CELLS; VITRONECTIN;

EID: 0032563260     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00517-5     Document Type: Article

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