Generation of a neurodegenerative disease mouse model using lentiviral vectors carrying an enhanced synapsin I promoter

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 223, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-143

  Matsuzaki, Yasunori ^a   Oue, Miho ^a   Hirai, Hirokazu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ataxin 1; Cerebellum; Lentiviral vector; Spinocerebellar ataxia; Synapsin I promoter; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ATAXIN 1; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; SYNAPSIN I;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIRAL GENE THERAPY;

ATAXIN-1; CEREBELLUM; LENTIVIRAL VECTOR; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA; SYNAPSIN I PROMOTER; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DECORIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; SYNAPSINS;

EID: 84891433791     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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