Expression of distinct splice variants of the stem cell marker prominin-1 (CD133) in glial cells

GLIA

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 860-874

  Corbeil, Denis ^a   Joester, Angret ^b   Fargeas, Christine A ^a,b   Jászai, József ^a   Garwood, Jeremy ^b,d   Hellwig, Andrea ^c   Werner, Hauke B ^c,e   Huttner, Wieland B ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Membrane protrusion; Myelin sheath; Oligodendrocyte; Prominin

Indexed keywords

CD133 ANTIGEN; CELL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MYELIN; OLIGODENDROCYTE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; PROMININ 1.S1; PROMININ 1.S3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLYCOPROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; OLIG2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PEPTIDE; PLP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN FUNCTION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MEMBRANE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; UPREGULATION; WHITE MATTER; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CELL CULTURE; CERCOPITHECUS; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GLIA; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; KIDNEY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; NEWBORN; OPTIC NERVE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTIGENS, CD; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEINS; KIDNEY; MICE; MICE, JIMPY; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; OPTIC NERVE; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 67649972862     PISSN: 08941491     EISSN: 10981136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/glia.20812     Document Type: Article

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