Glutamate carboxypeptidase II is expressed by astrocytes in the adult rat nervous system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 415, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-64

  Berger, Urs V ^a   Luthi Carter, Ruth ^b   Passani, Lucius A ^b   Elkabes, Stella ^c   Black, Ira ^c   Konradi, Christine ^c   Coyle, Joseph T ^d,e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Folylpoly glutamate carboxypeptidase; Gliosis; Glutamate carboxypeptidase II; In situ hybridization; NAALADase; Prostate specific membrane antigen

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIPEPTIDASE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL HYDROLASE; MESSENGER RNA; N ACETYLASPARTYLGLUTAMIC ACID; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; GLIA CELL; HABENULA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SATELLITE CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; CELLS, CULTURED; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GLUTAMATE CARBOXYPEPTIDASE II; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; QUINOLINIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033530857     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(19991206)415:1<52::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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