Detection of the interleukin 18 family in rat brain by RT-PCR

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 290-293

  Wheeler, Rachel D ^a   Culhane, Aedin C ^a   Hall, Matthew D ^b   Pickering Brown, Stuart ^a   Rothwell, Nancy J ^c   Luheshi, Giamal N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

AcPL; Binding protein; Hypothalamus; Interleukin 18; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR ACCESSORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; INTERLEUKIN-18; INTERLEUKIN-18 RECEPTOR BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-1; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-18; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034607941     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(00)00069-3     Document Type: Article

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