Astrocyte: Identification Methods

Encyclopedia of Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 573-577

  Scheller, A ^a   Kirchhoff, F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Fluorescent protein; GFAP; GFP; LacZ reporter; S100 ; Transgene; Transgenic animal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84882896949     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-008045046-9.01748-4     Document Type: Chapter

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