Differential Regulation of Polysialyltransferase Expression during Hippocampus Development: Implications for Neuronal Survival

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 744-753

  Brocco, Marcela ^a   Pollevick, Guido D ^a   Frasch, Alberto C C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA INDUSTRIAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

MRNA half life; Neuroblastoma; Neuronal death; Polysialyltransferases; Posttranscriptional level

Indexed keywords

SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; DOWN REGULATION; FETUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTATION; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; DOWN-REGULATION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SIALIC ACIDS; SIALYLTRANSFERASES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0345293323     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.10781     Document Type: Article

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