Transgene expression in rat fetal brain grafts is maintained for 7 months after ex vivo adenoviral vector-mediated gene transfer

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 116-120

  Van Esseveldt, K E ^a   Hermens, W T J M C ^a   Verhaagen, J ^a   Boer, G J ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adenoviral vector; Ex vivo gene transfer; In situ hybridization; Neurotransplantation; Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN PROTEIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL PROPRESSOPHYSIN; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE; VIRUS VECTOR;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN GRAFT; EXPLANT; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GLIA CELL; MARKER GENE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TRANSGENE; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BRAIN TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RATS, WISTAR; SUPRACHIASMATIC NUCLEUS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0032498133     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00934-8     Document Type: Article

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