Selective neuronal expression of green fluorescent protein with cytomegalovirus promoter reveals entire neuronal arbor in transgenic mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 1998, Pages 10640-10651

  Van Den Pol, Anthony N ^a   Ghosh, Prabhat K ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon growth cone; Cerebellum; Cytomegalovirus; Development; Green fluorescent protein; Hypothalamus; Olfaction; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOSSY FIBER; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0032535417     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-24-10640.1998     Document Type: Article

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