Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP): modulation by growth factors and its implication in astrocyte differentiation

Intermediate filament (IF) proteins constitute an extremely large multigene family of developmentally and tissue-regulated cytoskeleton proteins abundant in most vertebrate cell types. Astrocyte precursors of the CNS usually express vimentin as the major IF. Astrocyte maturation is followed by a swi...

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Main Authors: F.C.A. Gomes, D. Paulin, V. Moura Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 1999-05-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X1999000500016&tlng=en