Silencing and Un-silencing of Tetracycline-Controlled Genes in Neurons

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Zhu, Peixin ^a   Aller, M Isabel ^d   Baron, Udo ^c   Cambridge, Sidney ^b   Bausen, Melanie ^a   Herb, Jan ^a   Sawinski, Jürgen ^a   Cetin, Ali ^a   Osten, Pavel ^a   Nelson, Mark L ^e   Kügler, Sebastian ^f   Seeburg, Peter H ^a   Sprengel, Rolf ^a   Hasan, Mazahir T ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c EPIONTIS GMBH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e Transcept Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; MOUSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TETRACYCLINE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 34447132528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000533     Document Type: Article

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