Mice transgenic for a human amyloid precursor protein promoter-lacZ reporter construct: Appropriate cell-type expression, but not regulation in brain

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 111-120

  Wright, Kristal L ^a   Morgan, David G ^a   Yu, Xin ^a   Goss, James R ^b   Salbaum, J Michael ^c   Duff, Karen ^a,d   Gordon, Marcia N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d NATHAN S KLINE INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

APP promoter; Gene regulation; Kainic acid; Transgenic mouse; galactosidase activity

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CIS ACTING ELEMENT; KAINIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033391197     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/JMN:13:1-2:111     Document Type: Article

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