Comparative studies on the GABA-transaminase immunoreactivity in rat and gerbil brains

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 321-325

  Kang, Tae Cheon ^a   Park, Seung Kook ^a   Bahn, Jae Hoon ^a   Chang, Joong Sik ^b   Cho, Sung Woo ^b   Choi, Soo Young ^a   Won, Moo Ho ^a  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain; GABA Transaminase; Gerbil; Immunoblot Analysis; Immunohistochemistry; Rat

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYMOLOGY; GERBIL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGY; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

4-AMINOBUTYRATE TRANSAMINASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CROSS REACTIONS; GERBILLINAE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035973567     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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