Live FISH: Imaging mRNA in living neurons

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-63

  Simon, Becky ^a   Sandhu, Maneek ^a   Myhr, Karen L ^a,b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Markers; Mouse; Nervous system; Neuroimaging

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; DYE; MESSENGER RNA; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA MODIFICATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE GUN; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; IMAGING; MOLECULAR BEACON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; TISSUE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BIOLISTICS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 73949159432     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.22191     Document Type: Article

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