Induction of cell stress in neurons from transgenic mice expressing yellow fluorescent protein: Implications for neurodegeneration research

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Comley, Laura H ^a   Wishart, Thomas M ^a   Baxter, Becki ^a   Murray, Lyndsay M ^a   Nimmo, Ailish ^a   Thomson, Derek ^a   Parson, Simon H ^a   Gillingwater, Thomas H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; THY 1 ANTIGEN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; CELL SHAPE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; WALLERIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CELL SHAPE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79952389099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017639     Document Type: Article

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