Gliarin and macrolin, two novel intermediate filament proteins specifically expressed in sets and subsets of glial cells in leech central nervous system

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 244-253

  Xu, Yingzhi ^a   Bolton, Brian ^a   Zipser, Birgit ^b   Jellies, John ^c   Johansen, Kristen M ^a   Johansen, Jørgen ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glial cells; Intermediate filaments; Leech; Nervous system; Phylogenetic analysis

Indexed keywords

COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LEECH; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; LEECHES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032838950     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(199908)40:2<244::AID-NEU10>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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