Targeting adenoviral transgene expression to neurons

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-417

  Sims, Karen ^a   Ahmed, Zubair ^a   Gonzalez, Ana Maria ^a   Read, Martin L ^a   Cooper Charles, Lisa ^a   Berry, Martin ^a   Logan, Ann ^a  

^a Institute of Biomedical Research   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adenovirus; CNS injury; CNS neurons; Synapsin 1 promoter; Woodchuck post transcriptional regulatory element

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SYNAPSIN I;

ADENOVIRUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SPINAL GANGLION; TRANSGENE; WOODCHUCK;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPSINS; TRANSGENES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; MARMOTA MONAX; RATTUS;

EID: 53649086625     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2008.07.020     Document Type: Article

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