Conditionally-immortalized astrocytic cell line expresses GAD and secretes GABA under tetracycline regulation

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 302-310

  Behrstock, Soshana P ^a   Anantharam, Vellareddy ^a   Thompson, Kerry W ^a   Schweitzer, Erik S ^a   Tobin, Allan J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytes; GABA; GAD; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; TETRACYCLINE;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DNA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MICE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034193354     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(20000501)60:3<302::AID-JNR4>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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