Targeted viral delivery of Cre recombinase induces conditional gene deletion in cardiovascular circuits of the mouse brain

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 18, Issue , 2004, Pages 25-32

  Sinnayah, Puspha ^a   Lindley, Timothy E ^a   Staber, Patrick D ^a   Davidson, Beverly L ^a   Cassell, Martin D ^a   Davisson, Robin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; Blood pressure; Central nervous system; Feline immunodeficiency virus; Gene therapy; Hypertension; Renin angiotensin system

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; VASOPRESSIN; INTEGRASE; SYNTHETIC DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN STEM; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GLIA CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAGNOCELLULAR NUCLEUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; REPORTER GENE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALIA; FELIDAE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; GENES, SYNTHETIC; GENETIC VECTORS; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; INTEGRASES; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROINJECTIONS; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SUBFORNICAL ORGAN; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 4844227718     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00048.2004     Document Type: Article

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