Highly visible expression of an oxytocin-monomeric red fluorescent protein 1 fusion gene in the hypothalamus and posterior pituitary of transgenic rats

Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2768-2774

  Katoh, Akiko ^a   Fujihara, Hiroaki ^a   Ohbuchi, Toyoaki ^a   Onaka, Tatsushi ^b   Hashimoto, Takashi ^c   Kawata, Mitsuhiro ^c   Suzuki, Hideaki ^a   Ueta, Yoichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OXYTOCIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SODIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALT LOADING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OXYTOCIN; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RATS, WISTAR; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 79959470540     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-0006     Document Type: Article

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