Generation of mice with glial cell dysfunction

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 747-753

  Tanaka, Kenji ^a   Hae, Ung Lee ^a   Ikenaka, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alexander disease; Astrocyte; GFAP; Mlcl; Neuroligin 3

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KAINIC ACID; MUTANT PROTEIN; NEUROLIGIN;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTISM; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; CELL INCLUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GLIA CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION;

ALEXANDER DISEASE; ALPHA-CRYSTALLIN B CHAIN; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 34447650626     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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