Targeted 'knockdown' of channel expression in vivo with an antisense morpholino oligonucleotide

Neuroscience

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 275-278

  Brent, L J N ^b   Drapeau, P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Antisense knockdown; Embryonic development; End plate potential; Morpholino oligonucleotide; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTULA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; DOWN-REGULATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; GENE TARGETING; LARVA; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0036774053     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(02)00270-1     Document Type: Article

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