RCAN1-1L is overexpressed in neurons of Alzheimer's disease patients

FEBS Journal

Volumn 274, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1715-1724

  Harris, Cathryn D ^a   Ermak, Gennady ^a   Davies, Kelvin J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adapt78; Alzheimer's disease; Calcipressin 1; DSCR1; RCAN1

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN RCAN1; PROTEIN RCAN1 1L; PROTEIN RCAN1 1S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROGLIA; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 33947193463     PISSN: 1742464X     EISSN: 17424658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2007.05717.x     Document Type: Article

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