Expression of N-Cadherin and αN-Catenin in the Degeneration/Regeneration Process of Rat Skeletal Muscle after Nerve Injury

Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 267-273

  Hatoko, Mitsuo ^a   Niitsuma, Katsunori ^a   Tanaka, Aya ^a   Kuwahara, Masamitsu ^a   Iioka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

N catenin; N cadherin; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NYLON; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HINDLIMB; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MUSCLE REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINEURIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUTURE; THIGH; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE; TRAUMA, NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 1842631447     PISSN: 0743684X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-823115     Document Type: Article

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