Construction and application of a microprojectile system for the transfection of organotypic brain slices

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-179

  Ibrahim, Merdol ^a   Si Ammour, Azeddine ^a   Celio, Marco R ^a   Mauch, Felix ^a   Menoud, Pierre Alain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cytomegalovirus; Gene gun; Green fluorescent protein; Neurone; Oligodendrocyte; Simian virus

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; GENES, REPORTER; GOLD COLLOID; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; RATS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034666076     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00269-7     Document Type: Article

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