Glial- and fat-specific expression of the rat glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase-luciferase fusion gene in transgenic mice

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 300-311

  Cheng, J D ^a   Zhao, P ^a   Espinosa De Los Monteros, A ^a   De Vellis, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b 68 177 NPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bergmann glia; Glycerol phosphate dehydrogenase; Luciferase; Oligodendrocytes; Tissue specific expression; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GLIA CELL; MYELINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPORTER GENE; STEM CELL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; BRAIN; GLYCEROLPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGLIA; RATS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030836236     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19971015)50:2<300::AID-JNR18>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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