Influence of different promoters on the expression pattern of mutated human α-synuclein in transgenic mice

Neurodegenerative Diseases

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 255-265

  Maskri, Lyutha ^a   Zhu, XinRan ^a   Fritzen, Sabrina ^a   Kühn, Kati ^a   Ullmer, Christoph ^b   Engels, Peter ^b   Andriske, Michael ^a   Stichel, Christine C ^a,b   Lübbert, Hermann ^a,b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Biofrontera Pharmaceuticals GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Nigrostriatal system; Parkinson's disease; Promoter activity; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ACTINS; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICKENS; COS CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSGENES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 21844455767     PISSN: 16602854     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085064     Document Type: Article

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