A specific antibody to neuropeptide AF1 (KNEFIRFamide) recognizes a small subset of neurons in Ascaris suum: Differences from Caenorhabditis elegans

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1546-1561

  Sithigorngul, Paisarn ^a,b   Jarecki, Jessica L ^a   Stretton, Antony O W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Srinikarinwirote ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Antibody specificity; Immunocytochemistry; Monoclonal antibody; Morphological homology; Neuronal morphology; Peptide

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY AF1 003; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE AF1; NEUROPEPTIDE AF5; NEUROPEPTIDE AF6; NEUROPEPTIDE AF7; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL ROOT; FEMALE; FLP 8 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; VENTRAL ROOT;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASCARIS SUUM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDES; TISSUE EXTRACTS;

EID: 79954579302     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22584     Document Type: Article

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