The impact of agrin on the formation of orthogonal arrays of particles in cultured astrocytes from wild-type and agrin-null mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1367, Issue , 2011, Pages 2-12

  Fallier Becker, Petra ^a   Sperveslage, Jan ^a   Wolburg, Hartwig ^a   Noell, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agrin null mouse; Blood brain barrier; Cell culture; Extracellular matrix; Freeze fracturing

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; ALPHA DYSTROGLYCAN; AQUAPORIN 4; COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL VOLUME; CYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 4; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; DYSTROGLYCANS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FREEZE FRACTURING; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; TRANSFECTION;

MUS;

EID: 78650513388     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.09.092     Document Type: Article

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