Biolistic transfection and morphological analysis of cultured sympathetic neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-71

  Klimaschewski, Lars ^a   Nindl, Werner ^a   Pimpl, Michael ^a   Waltinger, Peter ^b   Pfaller, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b Visitron Systems   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biolistics; cAMP; DsRed; Gene gun; Green fluorescent protein; Morphometry; NGF; Sympathetic neuron

Indexed keywords

BUCLADESINE; CYCLIC AMP; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE GUN; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH CONE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEINS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP; DENDRITES; DNA; GOLD; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEURONS; RATS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0037079776     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(01)00473-3     Document Type: Article

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