Untranslated element in neurofilament mRNA has neuropathic effect on motor neurons of transgenic mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 7662-7670

  Nie, Zhenying ^a   Wu, Junhua ^a   Zhai, Jinbin ^a   Lin, Hong ^a   Ge, Weiwen ^a   Schlaepfer, William W ^a   Cañete Soler, Rafaela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

EGFP reporter transgene; Motor neuron degeneration; Neurofilament induced; Neuropathic RNA element; RNA mediated; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH RETARDATION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0036759174     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-17-07662.2002     Document Type: Article

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