Expression analysis of Escherichia coli lacZ reporter gene in transgenic mice

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 159-166

  Takahashi, Eiki ^a,b   Miyamoto, Norimasa ^a   Kajiwara, Noriko ^b   Furuya, Keiko ^b   Yanai Taniguchi, Keiko ^b   Sugiyama, Fumihiro ^b   Yagami, Ken Ichi ^b  

^a EISAI CO LTD   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

cis Regulatory element; lacZ; Transcriptional regulation; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN; CALCIUM CHANNELS, P-TYPE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034077910     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(00)00009-X     Document Type: Article

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