An efficient method for infection of adrenal chromaffin cells using the Semliki Forest virus gene expression system

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 525-532

  Ashery, Uri ^a   Betz, Andrea ^b   Tao, Xu ^a   Brose, Nils ^b   Rettig, Jens ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromaffin cells; Infection; Membrane capacitance; Secretion; Semliki Forest virus

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CATECHOLAMINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PHORBOL ESTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM CURRENT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; CELL SIZE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; KINETICS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RNA VIRUS INFECTION; SEMLIKI FOREST ALPHAVIRUS; SYNAPSE; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION;

EID: 0032849774     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(99)80017-X     Document Type: Article

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