Targeting a dominant negative rho kinase to neurons promotes axonal outgrowth and partial functional recovery after rat rubrospinal tract lesion

Molecular Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2020-2030

  Wu, Dongsheng ^a   Yang, Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Xinyu ^a   Luo, Juan ^a   Haque, Mohammed E ^a   Yeh, John ^a   Richardson, Peter M ^a   Zhang, Yi ^a   Bo, Xuenong ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; MYELIN PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; FORELIMB; HINDLIMB; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; NONVIRAL GENE THERAPY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RUBROSPINAL TRACT; SPINAL GANGLION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

RATTUS;

EID: 73849127112     PISSN: 15250016     EISSN: 15250024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2009.168     Document Type: Article

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