Postembedding immunogold labelling reveals subcellular localization and pathway-specific enrichment of phosphate activated glutaminase in rat cerebellum

Neuroscience

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1137-1151

  Laake, J H ^a   Takumi, Y ^a,b   Eidet, J ^a   Torgner, I A ^a   Roberg, B ^a   Kvamme, E ^a   Ottersen, O P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Freeze substitution; Glutamate; Immunocytochemistry; Mitochondria; Mossy fibre

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINASE; GLUTAMINE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE EMBEDDING;

EID: 0032890369     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00298-X     Document Type: Article

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