Transgenic mice expressing a dual, CRE-inducible reporter for the analysis of axon guidance and synaptogenesis

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 405-412

  Badaloni, Aurora ^a   Bonanomi, Dario ^a   Albieri, Ilaria ^a   Givogri, Irene ^b,c   Bongarzone, Ernesto ^b,c   Valtorta, Flavia ^a   Consalez, G Giacomo ^a  

^a SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Axon guidance; CNS; CRE recombinase; Dendrite; Dendritic spines; Filopodia; GFP; Graft, neuron; Growth cone; Lipid rafts; Neural networks; Neural stem cells; Oligodendrocyte; PNS; Process outgrowth; Sprouting; Stem cells; Synapses; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPLANT; MOUSE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEURITE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 34347362949     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20307     Document Type: Article

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