Structure and expression of the transthyretin gene in the choroid plexus: A model for the study of the mechanism of evolution

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 21-30

  Schreiber, Gerhard ^a   Richardson, Samantha J ^a   Prapunpoj, Porntip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain; Distribution; Homeostasis; Thyroid hormones; Thyroxine; Transthyretin mRNA

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; HYDROPHILICITY; PROTEINS;

BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; DISTRIBUTION; EXTRACELLULAR COMPARTMENTS; HOMOEOSTASIS; KEY REGULATORS; N-TERMINALS; THYROID HORMONES; THYROXINE; TRANSTHYRETIN; TRANSTHYRETIN MRNA;

GENE EXPRESSION;

LIOTHYRONINE; PREALBUMIN; THYROID HORMONE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHOROID PLEXUS; DEIODINATION; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

DARWINIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0035156075     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0029(20010101)52:1<21::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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