Double transgenic mice crossed GFP-LC3 transgenic mice with αMyHC-mCherry-LC3 transgenic mice are a new and useful tool to examine the role of autophagy in the heart

Circulation Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 203-206

  Terada, Mai ^a   Nobori, Kiyoshi ^a   Munehisa, Yoshiko ^a   Kakizaki, Manabu ^a   Ohba, Takayoshi ^a   Takahashi, Yoichiro ^a   Koyama, Takashi ^a   Terata, Yutaka ^a   Ishida, Masaru ^a   Iino, Kenji ^a   Kosaka, Toshimitsu ^a   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^a   Hasegawa, Hitoshi ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Cardiomyocytes; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; HEART; HEART MUSCLE CELL; MATURATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; MYOCARDIUM; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS;

EID: 75149172370     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-09-0589     Document Type: Article

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