In vivo rapid gene delivery into postmitotic neocortical neurons using iontoporation

Nature Protocols

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-32

  De La Rossa, Andres ^a   Jabaudon, Denis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; PLASMID DNA; VIRUS VECTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; IN VIVO GENE TRANSFER; IONTOPORATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; POSTMITOTIC NEOCORTICAL NEURON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; VIRUS INFECTION; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; IONTOPHORESIS; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

MUS;

ANIMALS; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; IONTOPHORESIS; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; NEOCORTEX; NEURONS;

EID: 84925940776     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2015.001     Document Type: Article

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