Immunolocalization of the mitogen-activated protein kinases p42(MAPK) and JNK1, and their regulatory kinases MEK1 and MEK4, in adult rat central nervous system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 398, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 373-392

  Flood, Dorothy G ^a   Finn, James P ^a   Walton, Kevin M ^a   Dionne, Craig A ^a   Contreras, Patricia C ^a   Miller, Matthew S ^a   Bhat, Ratan V ^a,b  

^a CEPHALON INC   (United States)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell death pathways; Extracellular signal regulated kinase 2 (ERK2); Signal transduction; Spinal cord; Stress activated protein kinase (SAPK)

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE KINASE 1; MAP KINASE KINASE 2; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0032585034     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19980831)398:3<373::AID-CNE6>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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