Differential expression of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor family receptor alpha-2 isoforms in rat urinary bladder and intestine

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 415, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-218

  Dolatshad, Nazanin F ^a   Saffrey, M Jill ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; GDNF; Gene expression; Neurturin; RNA; Smooth muscle; Sprague Dawley rat

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA 2; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR ALPHA 2C; ISOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ILEUM; INTESTINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIAL CELL LINE-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTORS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; INTESTINES; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURTURIN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 33947144878     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.01.024     Document Type: Article

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