Gangliocytes in neuroblastic tumors express alarin, a novel peptide derived by differential splicing of the galanin-like peptide gene

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 145-152

  Santic, Radmila ^a   Fenninger, Katrin ^a   Graf, Kerstin ^a   Schneider, Rainer ^b   Hauser Kronberger, Cornelia ^a   Schilling, Freimut H ^c   Kogner, Per ^d   Ratschek, Manfred ^e   Jones, Neil ^a   Sperl, Wolfgang ^a   Kofler, Barbara ^a  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c KLINIKUM STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alarin; Differential splicing; Differentiation; Galanin like peptide; Gangliocytes; Neuroblastic tumor

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALARIN ANTIBODY; GALANIN LIKE PEPTIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN ALARIN; SERINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GRANULE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GANGLION; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NEUROBLAST; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STAINING; TUMOR CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GALANIN; GALANIN-LIKE PEPTIDE; GANGLIONEUROBLASTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, GALANIN; RNA SPLICING;

EID: 33748444204     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:29:2:145     Document Type: Article

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