Electroporation-mediated gene transfer system applied to cultured CNS neurons

NeuroReport

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 971-975

  Kawabata, Izumi ^a   Umeda, Tatsuya ^a   Yamamoto, Kazuhiro ^b   Okabe, Shigeo ^a,b,c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Cre recombinase; Electroporation; Green fluorescent protein; Hippocampus; Transfection

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA MARKER;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RODENT; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; NEURONS;

EID: 2342529847     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200404290-00008     Document Type: Article

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