Expression of the cholinergic gene locus in the rat placenta

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 121-130

  Pfeil, Uwe ^a   Vollerthun, Reinhard ^a   Kummer, Wolfgang ^a   Lips, Katrin Susanne ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Cholinergic gene locus; Peripheral choline acetyltransferase; Rat placenta; Vesicular acetylcholine transporter

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESENCHYME CELL; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TROPHOBLAST; WESTERN BLOTTING; YOLK SAC;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 4544243202     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-004-0687-8     Document Type: Article

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