Expression and subcellular distribution of gephyrin in non-neuronal tissues and cells

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-482

  Nawrotzki, Ralph ^a   Islinger, Markus ^a,b   Vogel, Ingeborg ^a   Völkl, Alfred ^a   Kirsch, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Compartment; Cytosol; Gephyrin; Molybdenum cofactor; Non neuronal cells

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE ALPHA; CELL PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GEPHYRIN; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MOLYBDENUM COFACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PERIPHERAL MYELIN PROTEIN 22; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ERP29; PROTEIN VARIANT; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; SULFITE OXIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XANTHINE OXIDASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIVER CELL; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84859770828     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-012-0914-7     Document Type: Article

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