Localization of Bcl-xβ in the developing and adult rat central nervous system

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 468-477

  Yamada, Mitsunori ^a   Mizuguchi, M ^b   Nishimaki, K ^c   Takashima, S ^d   Ikeda, K ^e   Ohta, S ^c   Takahashi, H ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^e TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl x ; Central nervous system; Immunohistochemistry; Rat

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL X; BCL2L1 PROTEIN, RAT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; PURKINJE CELL; SPINAL CORD; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BCL-X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0034656411     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(20000515)60:4<468::AID-JNR5>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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