Low level expression of glycine receptor β subunit transgene is sufficient for phenotype correction in spastic mice

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1275-1282

  Hartenstein, Bettina ^a   Schenkel, Johannes ^a   Kuhse, Jochen ^b   Besenbeck, Birgit ^a   Kling, Claudia ^c,d   Becker, Cord Michael ^c,d   Betz, Heinrich ^b   Weiher, Hans ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Zentrum fur Molekularbiologie H   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glycine receptor; Mouse mutant; Neuromotor disease; Transgenic rescue

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0029923342     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00469.x     Document Type: Article

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