Palmitoyl-protein thioesterase, an enzyme implicated in neurodegeneration, is localized in neurons and is developmentally regulated in rat brain

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 265, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-56

  Suopanki, Jaana ^a   Tyynelä, Jaana ^a   Baumann, Marc ^a   Haltia, Matti ^b  

^a BIOMEDICUM HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brain development; Infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis; Palmitoyl protein thioesterase; Protein expression; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

PALMITOYL PROTEIN THIOESTERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL LOSS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE MUTATION; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOFUSCINOSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PALMITOYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURONS; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THIOLESTER HYDROLASES;

EID: 0033538010     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00207-4     Document Type: Article

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