Regionally specific neuronal expression of human APOE gene in transgenic mice

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 246, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 65-68

  Xu, Pu Ting ^a   Gilbert, John R ^a   Qiu, Hui Ling ^a   Rothrock Christian, Tracie ^a   Settles, Daniel L ^a   Roses, Allen D ^a   Schmechel, Donald E ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Apolipoprotein E; Genomic constructs; Neuronal expression; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION; LIPOPROTEIN METABOLISM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; BRAIN; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CORPUS STRIATUM; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032562645     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(98)00247-X     Document Type: Article

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