Region- and neuronal phenotype-specific expression of NELL2 in the adult rat brain

Molecules and Cells

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-192

  Jeong, Jin Kwon ^a   Kim, Han Rae ^a   Hwang, Seong Mun ^a   Park, Jeong Woo ^a   Lee, Byung Ju ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Differential distribution; Hippocampus; NELL2

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NELL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MESSENGER RNA; NELL2 PROTEIN, RAT; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 53749098093     PISSN: 10168478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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