RAAV-compatible MiniPromoters for restricted expression in the brain and eye

Molecular Brain

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  De Leeuw, Charles N ^a,b   Korecki, Andrea J ^a   Berry, Garrett E ^c   Hickmott, Jack W ^a   Lam, Siu Ling ^a   Lengyell, Tess C ^a   Bonaguro, Russell J ^a   Borretta, Lisa J ^a   Chopra, Vikramjit ^d   Chou, Alice Y ^a   D'Souza, Cletus A ^d   Kaspieva, Olga ^a   Laprise, Stéphanie ^a   McInerny, Simone C ^a   Portales Casamar, Elodie ^a   Swanson Newman, Magdalena I ^a   Wong, Kaelan ^a   Yang, George S ^d   Zhou, Michelle ^a   Jones, Steven J M ^b,d,e   Holt, Robert A ^b,d,e   Asokan, Aravind ^c   Goldowitz, Daniel ^a,b   Wasserman, Wyeth W ^a,b   Simpson, Elizabeth M ^a,b   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cornea; Purkinje cells; rAAV Gene therapy; Raphe nuclei; Retina

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; BRAIN BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PURKINJE CELL; RAPHE NUCLEUS; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DEPENDOPARVOVIRUS; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN; DEPENDOVIRUS; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; EYE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; INTEGRASES; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETINAL BIPOLAR CELLS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84971254695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17566606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13041-016-0232-4     Document Type: Article

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