Expression of ferritin protein and subunit mRNAs in normal and iron deficient rat brain

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 186-197

  Hansen, Tina Meyer ^a   Nielsen, Henrik ^a   Bernth, Nils ^b   Moos, Torben ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Danish Institute of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Gene; Iron; Microglia; Neuron; Oligodendrocyte; Rat

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IRON DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FERRITINS; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IRON; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; PLASMIDS; PREGNANCY; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033525437     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00011-X     Document Type: Article

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