Carboxypeptidase E, an essential element of the regulated secretory pathway, is expressed and partially co-localized with chromogranin A in chicken thymus

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 337, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 371-379

  Zhang, Xiaodong ^a,d   Zhu, James ^a   Loh, Y Peng ^b   Berghman, Luc R ^a,c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carboxypeptidase E; Chicken; Chromogranin A; Neuroendocrine; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE H; CHROMOGRANIN A; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BRAIN CORTEX; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARBOXYPEPTIDASE H; CHICKENS; CHROMOGRANIN A; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HORMONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SECRETORY PATHWAY; SOMATOSTATIN; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 69049090886     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-009-0830-x     Document Type: Article

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