Physiological and induced neuronal death are not affected in NSE-bax transgenic mice

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 247-259

  Bernard, Rozenn ^a   Dieni, Sandra ^b   Rees, Sandra ^b   Bernard, Ora ^a,c  

^a WALTER AND ELIZA HALL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bax; Cell death; Nervous system; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AXOTOMY; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; NEURONS, AFFERENT; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0032080856     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19980501)52:3<247::AID-JNR1>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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