Immunohistochemical distribution of RGS7 protein and cellular selectivity in colocalizing with Gαq proteins in the adult rat brain

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 174-184

  Khawaja, Xavier Z ^a   Liang, Jin Jun ^a   Saugstad, Julie A ^b   Jones, Philip G ^a   Harnish, Steven ^a   Conn, P Jeffrey ^b   Cockett, Mark I ^a  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain localization; Confocal microscopy; G q 11; Immunohistochemistry; Rat; Regulator of G protein signaling 7

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARCINOGENS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; PHORBOL 12,13-DIBUTYRATE; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RGS PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032929315     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1999.0720174.x     Document Type: Article

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