Isolation of neuronal precursors by sorting embryonic forebrain transfected with GFP regulated by the Tα1 tubulin promoter

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 196-201

  Wang, Su ^a   Wu, Hong ^a   Jiang, Jinwen ^a   Delohery, Thomas M ^b   Isdell, Frank ^c   Goldman, Steven A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Nneurogenesis; Stem cell biology

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NESTIN; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL SELECTION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOREBRAIN; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL SEPARATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROSENCEPHALON; RATS; STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION; TUBULIN;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031935002     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0298-196     Document Type: Article

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