Nerve growth factor mRNA expression in the regenerating antler tip of red deer (Cervus elaphus)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Li, Chunyi ^a   Stanton, Jo Ann L ^b   Robertson, Tracy M ^a,b   Suttie, James M ^a   Sheard, Philip W ^b   Harris, A John ^b   Clark, Dawn E ^a  

^a INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; GROWTH RATE; HORN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REINNERVATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; MAMMALIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTLERS; AXONS; DEER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; REGENERATION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 55249119579     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000148     Document Type: Article

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