The angiotensinogen gene is expressed in both astrocytes and neurons in murine central nervous system

Brain Research

Volumn 817, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 123-131

  Yang, Gongyu ^a   Gray, Thackery S ^b   Sigmund, Curt D ^a   Cassell, Martin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Angiotensin II; Angiotensinogen; Brain; In situ hybridization; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSINOGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, REPORTER; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033616351     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01236-0     Document Type: Article

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