Distribution of mRNA encoding a nitrobenzylthioinosine-insensitive nucleoside transporter (ENT2) in rat brain

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 293-297

  Anderson, Christopher M ^a,b   Baldwin, Stephen A ^d   Young, James D ^c   Cass, Carol E ^c   Parkinson, Fiona E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenosine; Adenosine transport; Ei nucleoside transporter; ENT2; In situ hybridization; Nitrobenzylthioinosine; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NITROBENZYLTHIOINOSINE; PURINE NUCLEOSIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSIDE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0032980763     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00164-3     Document Type: Article

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