Deletion of the alpha-synuclein locus in a subpopulation of C57BL/6J inbred mice

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue , 2001, Pages

  Specht, Christian G ^a   Schoepfer, Ralf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; BETA SYNUCLEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA SYNUCLEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; SNCA PROTEIN, MOUSE; SNCAIP PROTEIN, MOUSE; SNCB PROTEIN, MOUSE; SYNUCLEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACKCROSSING; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE LOCUS; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CROSS BREEDING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; BETA-SYNUCLEIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CROSSES, GENETIC; GAMMA-SYNUCLEIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 0035789203     PISSN: 14712202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-2-11     Document Type: Article

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