Quantification of vascular endothelial growth factor and neuropilins mRNAs during rat brain maturation by real-time PCR

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1035-1041

  Adris, Soraya ^a   Ojeda, Elizabeth ^b   Genero, Mario ^b   Argibay, Pablo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Gema Biotech   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Brain; Development; Quantitative PCR; Receptor; Trophic factor

Indexed keywords

ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPILIN; NEUROPILIN 1; NEUROPILIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN 120; VASCULOTROPIN 164; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELIABILITY; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; NEUROPILINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 31544431747     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10571-005-8472-3     Document Type: Article

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