Urogenital tract expression of enhanced green fluorescent protein in transgenic mice driven by a smooth muscle γ-actin promoter

Journal of Urology

Volumn 171, Issue 2 I, 2004, Pages 944-949

  Szucsik, John C ^a   Lewis, Alfor G ^a   Marmer, Daniel J ^a   Lessard, James L ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actins; Bladder; Green fluorescent protein; Mice, transgenic; Muscle, smooth

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GAMMA ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL SELECTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRONUCLEUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRANSGENE; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0345867239     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000099168.25976.9a     Document Type: Article

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