Transgenic mice expressing green fluorescent protein under the control of the melanocortin-4 receptor promoter

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 7143-7154

  Liu, Hongyan ^a   Kishi, Toshiro ^b   Roseberry, Aaron G ^a   Cai, Xiaoli ^a   Lee, Charlotte E ^b   Montez, Jason M ^a   Friedman, Jeffrey M ^a   Elmquist, Joel K ^b  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; CRH; Electrophysiological recording; GAD67; GFP; MC4 R; Oxytocin; Transgenic mouse; TRH

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR 3 AGONIST; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR 4 AGONIST; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; MOTONEURON NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VAGUS NERVE; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0041624549     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-18-07143.2003     Document Type: Article

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