Translocator protein (Tspo) gene promoter-driven green fluorescent protein synthesis in transgenic mice: An in vivo model to study Tspo transcription

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 350, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 261-275

  Wang, Hui Jie ^a,b   Fan, Jinjiang ^a,b   Papadopoulos, Vassilios ^b,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

AcGFP; Expression profile; Immunohistochemistry; Promoter activity; Translocator protein

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; BENZODIAZEPINE; BINDING PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL BINDING PROTEIN; DRUG BINDING PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOQUINOLINE; MESSENGER RNA; PERIPHERAL TYPE BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; TRANSLOCATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEQUOREA COERULESCENS; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN INJURY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; COELENTERATE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENITAL SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NEOPLASM; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPERFUSION INJURY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE LEVEL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CELL GROWTH PROCESSES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, GABA; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

AEQUOREA COERULESCENS; ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84871208795     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: 14320878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-012-1478-5     Document Type: Article

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