Tyrosinase gene expression is not detected in mouse brain outside the retinal pigment epithelium cells

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2673-2676

  Giménez, Estela ^a   Lavado, Alfonso ^a   Giraldo, Patricia ^a   Montoliu, Lluís ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ectopic; Expression pattern; LacZ; Melanin; Retina; Telencephalon

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EPITHELIUM CELL; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0345305714     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02992.x     Document Type: Article

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