Chromogranin A deficiency in transgenic mice leads to aberrant chromaffin granule biogenesis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 30, 2005, Pages 6958-6961

  Kim, Taeyoon ^a   Zhang, Chun Fa ^a   Sun, Ziqing ^b   Wu, Heling ^b   Loh, Y Peng ^a,c  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MSC 4480 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal medulla; Biogenesis; Catecholamine; Chromaffin; Chromogranin A; Dense core; Secretory granule; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CHROMOGRANIN A; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CELL STRAIN; CHROMAFFIN GRANULE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SECRETORY GRANULE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CHROMAFFIN GRANULES; CHROMOGRANIN A; CHROMOGRANINS; DNA, ANTISENSE; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY;

EID: 23044488803     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1058-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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