Glycinergic neurons expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein in bacterial artificial chromosome transgenic mice

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 482, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 123-141

  Zeilhofer, Hanns Ulrich ^a   Studler, Barbara ^b   Arabadzisz, Dimitrula ^b   Schweizer, Claude ^b,d   Ahmadi, Seifollah ^a   Layh, Beate ^a   Bösl, Michael R ^c   Fritschy, Jean Marc ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC); EGFP; Enhanced green fluorescent protein; Glycine; Glycine transporter; GlyT2; Targeted recording; Transgene

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GLYCINE; GLYCINE TRANSPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CLONE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INTERNEURON; MEMBRANE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATCH CLAMP; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPINAL CORD DORSAL HORN; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS, NEUTRAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GLYCINE; GLYCINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURONS; LUMINESCENT AGENTS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SPINAL CORD;

EID: 11244262611     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20349     Document Type: Article

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