Induced expression of neurotrophins in transgenic mice overexpressing ornithine decarboxylase and overproducing putrescine

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 542-548

  Reeben, M ^a,b,c   Arbatova, J ^a   Palgi, J ^b,d   Miettinen, R ^a   Halmekyto M ^a   Alhonen, L ^a   Janne J ^a   Riekkinen Sr , P ^a   Saarma, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^d TURKU CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

hippocampus; neurotrophins; ornithine decarboxylase; polyamines; putrescine; transgenic mice; trk receptors

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN RECEPTOR; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; PUTRESCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE CELL LESION; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; ORNITHINE DECARBOXYLASE; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PUTRESCINE; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029835015     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19960901)45:5<542::AID-JNR4>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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