Labeling embryonic mouse central nervous system cells by in utero electroporation

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 507-511

  Tabata, Hidenori ^a   Nakajima, Kazunori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Gene transfer; Neuronal migration

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHEMICAL LABELING; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIA MATER; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MICE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURONS; PLASMIDS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50049127330     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2008.01043.x     Document Type: Review

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