Synthesis of transthyretin by the ependymal cells of the subcommissural organ

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 320, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 487-499

  Montecinos, H A ^a,b   Richter, H ^a   Caprile, T ^a,b   Rodriguez E M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bovine; Cerebrospinal fluid; Choroid plexus; Subcommissural organ; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; POLYPEPTIDE; PREALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL POPULATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; CULTURE MEDIUM; EMBRYO; EPENDYMA CELL; FETUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SECRETORY CELL; SECRETORY GRANULE; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN; TISSUE CULTURE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ANURA; CATS; CATTLE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; CHOROID PLEXUS; DOGS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; EMBRYO; EPENDYMA; HUMANS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREALBUMIN; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SALMON; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN;

BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 21244481685     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-0997-0     Document Type: Article

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