Different expression of synemin isoforms in glia and neurons during nervous system development

GLIA

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-213

  Izmiryan, A ^a,b,c   Cheraud, Y ^c,d   Khanamiryan, L ^a,b,c   Leterrier, J F ^b   Federici, T ^e,f   Peltekian, E ^e   Moura Neto, V ^f   Paulin, D ^c   Li, Z ^a,b   Xue, Z G ^a,b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e GÉNÉTHON   (France)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Brain; Desmuslin; Nestin; Neurofilaments; Spinal ganglia

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NESTIN; PROTEIN SYNEMIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SHAPE; CELL TYPE; EPENDYMA CELL; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL CORD; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33747191717     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20378     Document Type: Article

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