Visualization and genetic manipulation of adult neurogenesis using transgenic mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1025-1036

  Dhaliwal, Jagroop ^a   Lagace, Diane C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conditional and inducible transgenic; Cre; Gene ablation; Nestin; Reporter mice; TTa

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; CYTOPLASMIC DYNEIN; DOUBLECORTIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; EOMESODERMIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NESTIN; NEUROGENIN 2; NOTCH RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; T COMPLEX TESTIS SPECIFIC PROTEIN 1 HOMOLOG; TETRADECANOYL PHORBOL ACETATE INDUCIBLE SEQUENCE 21; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 5; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL FATE; CELL ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; LOXP SITE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; GENES, REPORTER; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGENESIS;

EID: 79952610494     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07600.x     Document Type: Article

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