A 1.8kb GFAP-promoter fragment is active in specific regions of the embryonic CNS

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 107, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 181-185

  Andra, Johanna ^a   Bongcam Rudloff, Erik ^a   Hansson, Inga ^a   Lendahl, Urban ^b   Westermark, Bengt ^a   Nistér, Monica ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cerebellum; Cerebral ventricles; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Growth and embryonal development; Neocortex; Neuroglia; Promoter regions (genetics); Transcription; Transgenes

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE TRANSFER; GLIA; HUMAN; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; PONS; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRIGEMINUS GANGLION;

EID: 0034889850     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(01)00460-9     Document Type: Article

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