High-efficiency transfection and survival rates of embryonic and adult mouse neural stem cells achieved by electroporation

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 420-427

  Bertram, Bettina ^a   Wiese, Stefan ^a   von Holst, Alexander ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electroporation; Gliogenesis; Neural stem cells; Neurogenesis; Nucleofection technology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLIA CELL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

EID: 84864771856     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2012.06.024     Document Type: Article

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