2.1 kb 5'-flanking region of the brain type dystrophin gene directs the expression of lacZ in the cerebral cortex, but not in the hippocampus

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-20

  Kimura, Shigemi ^a   Abe, Kuniya ^a   Suzuki, Misao ^a   Ogawa, Masakatsu ^a   Yoshioka, Kowashi ^a   Yamamura, Kenichi ^a   Miike, Teruhisa ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain type dystrophin; Cerebral cortex; Hippocampus; lacZ; Mental retardation; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; DYSTROPHIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DYSTROPHIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; HIPPOCAMPUS; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0031579670     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)05317-8     Document Type: Article

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