GFAPβ mRNA expression in the normal rat brain and after neuronal injury

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 709-714

  Condorelli, D F ^a   Nicoletti, V G ^a   Dell'Albani, P ^a   Barresi, V ^a   Caruso, A ^a   Conticello, S G ^a   Belluardo, N ^b   Stella, A M Giuffrida ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Gene; GFAP; Intermediate filament

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; IBOTENIC ACID;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; EXON; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MACROGLIA; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HIPPOCAMPUS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; NORTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELLS, CULTURED; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; IBOTENIC ACID; NEURONS; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032589279     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021016828704     Document Type: Article

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