Expression of γ-glutamyl transpeptidase in mouse perivascular astrocytes and in a protoplasmic-like astroglial cell clone

Brain Research

Volumn 852, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 191-197

  Cambier, Danièle ^a   Rutin, Jacques ^b   Alliot, Françoise ^b   Pessac, Bernard ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Brain cortex; GGT activity; Immunoelectron microscopy

Indexed keywords

GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL CLONING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CLONE CELLS; CYTOPLASM; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PERICYTES;

EID: 0033962155     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(99)02175-7     Document Type: Article

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