CART peptide analysis by western blotting

Synapse

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 163-171

  Kuhar, Michael J ^a   Yoho, Laura L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CART; CART peptides; Cocaine; Peptide processing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT;

ADRENAL GLANDS; AGED; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033198026     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(19990901)33:3<163::AID-SYN1>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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