Nerve growth factor promoter activity revealed in mice expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 519, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2522-2545

  Kawaja, Michael D ^a,b   Smithson, Laura J ^b   Elliott, Janet ^a   Trinh, Gina ^a   Crotty, Anne Marie ^a   Michalski, Bernadeta ^c   Fahnestock, Margaret ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brain; Injury; Nerve growth factor; Neurotrophin; Peripheral nerve; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; KIDNEY INTERSTITIUM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETICULUM CELL; SCIATIC NERVE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SCIATIC NERVE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 79960527803     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22629     Document Type: Article

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