Gene marking of human neural stem/precursor cells using green fluorescent proteins

Journal of Gene Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 18-29

  Navarro Galve, Beatriz ^a   Villa, Ana ^a,d   Bueno, Carlos ^a   Thompson, Lachlan ^b   Johansen, Jens ^c,e   Martínez Serrano, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NsGene AS   (Denmark)

^d Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^e H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cell therapy; Gene therapy; GFP; Green fluorescent protein; Neural precursor; Neural progenitor; Reporter gene; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RETROVIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL BASED GENE THERAPY; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VECTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CORPUS STRIATUM; DIENCEPHALON; GENE THERAPY; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEM CELLS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 12744253636     PISSN: 1099498X     EISSN: 15212254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgm.639     Document Type: Article

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