Subcellular localization and axonal transport of the survival motor neuron (SMN) protein in the developing rat spinal cord

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-56

  Pagliardini, Silvia ^b   Giavazzi, Alessio ^b   Setola, Veronica ^b   Lizier, Carlotta ^b   Di Luca, Monica ^a   DeBiasi, Silvia ^a   Battaglia, Giorgio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HELA CELL; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPINAL CORD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034096078     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.1.47     Document Type: Article

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