The use of knockout mice to test the specificity of antibodies for cannabinoid receptors

Hippocampus

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 643-644

  Ashton, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID 2 RECEPTOR; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY LABELING; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING SITE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; HISTOGRAM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MATERNAL DEPRIVATION; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB1; RECEPTOR, CANNABINOID, CB2; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84857234521     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20946     Document Type: Letter

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