BAC transgenic mice express enhanced green fluorescent protein in central and peripheral cholinergic neurons

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 391-397

  Tallini, Yvonne N ^a   Shui, Bo ^a   Greene, Kai Su ^a   Deng, Ke Yu ^a   Doran, Robert ^a   Fisher, Patricia J ^a   Zipfel, Warren ^b   Kotlikoff, Michael I ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b School of Chemical and Molecular Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Bacterial artificial chromosome; Choline acetyltransferase

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHOLINERGIC NERVE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC FIBERS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33845742356     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00092.2006     Document Type: Article

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