Id-1 expression defines a subset of vimentin/S-100β-positive, GFAP-negative astrocytes in the adult rat pineal gland

Histochemical Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 167-171

  Kofler, Bettina ^a   Bulleyment, Andrew ^a   Humphries, Ann ^a   Carter, David A ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 1; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION 3; MELATONIN; PROTEIN S100B; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ID1 PROTEIN, RAT; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN S 100; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; GLIA; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBITOR OF DIFFERENTIATION PROTEIN 1; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; S100 PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0036523140     PISSN: 00182214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020946631937     Document Type: Article

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