Human apolipoprotein E allele-specific brain expressing transgenic mice

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 407-413

  Smith, Jonathan D ^a   Sikes, J ^a   Levin, J A ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apolipoprotein E; Astrocyte; Glial acidic fibrillary protein; Immunohistochemistry; Mouse; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; CHOLESTEROL; MESSENGER RNA;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; AMYLOIDOSIS; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLESTEROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSGENES;

EID: 0032424913     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-4580(98)00076-1     Document Type: Article

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