Transferrin receptors on the plasma membrane of cultured rat astrocytes

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 473-476

  Zhong, Ming Qian ^a   To, Yu ^a   Pak, Lai Tang ^a   You, Min Feng ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cultured rat astrocytes; Transferrin binding assay; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; CAMEL; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL SUSPENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DUCK; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032701114     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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