Immunocytochemical and RT-PCR analysis of connexin36 in cultures of mammalian glial cells

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-108

  Parenti, R ^a   Campisi, A ^a   Vanella, A ^a   Cicirata, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONNEXIN 36;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; GAP JUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAMMAL CELL; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONNEXINS; EYE PROTEINS; FETUS; GALACTOSYLCERAMIDES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGLIA; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036207478     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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