A novel method for RNA interference in neurons using enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-transgenic rats

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 219-224

  Lu, Jia ^a,c   Nozumi, Motohiro ^a,b   Fujii, Hiroshi ^d   Igarashi, Michihiro ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal growth; Enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP); Fatty acid binding protein (FABP); Growth cone; Immunofluorescence; Short interfering RNA (siRNA); Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENICS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE TARGETING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; RATS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING;

EID: 42749085267     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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