In vivo transfer of a neuronal nitric oxide synthase expression vector into the rat bladder by electroporation

BJU International

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1098-1103

  Iwashita, H ^a   Yoshida, M ^a,b   Nishi, T ^a   Otani, M ^a   Ueda, S ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bladder smooth muscle; Electroporation; Gene transfer; Nitric oxide; Rat

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PLASMID DNA; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; NEURONAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NOS1 PROTEIN, RAT; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ASSAY; BLADDER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCISION; INJECTION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MARKER GENE; MICRODIALYSIS; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SEROSA; STAINING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RATS; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 2542609093     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2003.04788.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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