The tight junction component protein, claudin-4, is expressed by enteric neurons in the rat distal colon

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 428, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 88-92

  Karaki, Shin ichiro ^a   Kaji, Izumi ^a   Otomo, Yasuko ^a   Tazoe, Hideaki ^a   Kuwahara, Atsukazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Claudin; Enteric nervous system; Immunohistochemistry; Neurofilament; RT PCR; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

CLAUDIN 4;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DESCENDING COLON; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; COLON; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MYENTERIC PLEXUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBMUCOUS PLEXUS; TIGHT JUNCTIONS;

EID: 35748952190     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.09.059     Document Type: Article

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