Distribution of MT1 Melatonin Receptor Promoter-Driven RFP Expression in the Brains of BAC C3H/HeN Transgenic Mice

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-84

  Adamah Biassi, E B ^a   Zhang, Y ^a,b   Jung, H ^b   Vissapragada, S ^a   Miller, R J ^b   Dubocovich, M L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

C3H HeN mice; MT1 melatonin receptors; RFP MT1 promoter expression

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENCE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HABENULA; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; START CODON; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN;

EID: 84891117598     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/0022155413507453     Document Type: Article

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