Authentic cell-specific and developmentally regulated expression of pro- opiomelanocortin genomic fragments in hypothalamic and hindbrain neurons of transgenic mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 6631-6640

  Young, Juan I ^a   Otero, Veronica ^a   Cerdán, Marcelo G ^a   Falzone, Tomás L ^a   Cheng Chan, E ^b,d   Low, Malcolm J ^b   Rubinstein, Marcelo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^d JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arcuate nucleus; Gene expression; Hypothalamus; Melanocortin; Neuron specific expression; Pituitary; Pro opiomelanocortin; Transgenic mice; endorphin

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCATION; GENOME; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHOMBENCEPHALON; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032171573     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-17-06631.1998     Document Type: Article

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