The transthyretin gene is expressed in human and rodent dorsal root ganglia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 436, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 335-339

  Murakami, Tatsufumi ^a   Ohsawa, Yutaka ^a   Sunada, Yoshihide ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dorsal root ganglia; Familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy; Laser capture microdissection; Peripheral glial cell; RT PCR; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

PREALBUMIN;

ARTICLE; CAUDA EQUINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SYNTHESIS; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCIATIC NERVE; SPINAL GANGLION; SURAL NERVE;

ANIMALS; CAUDA EQUINA; FRONTAL LOBE; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PREALBUMIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 43049083021     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2008.03.063     Document Type: Article

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