Gene targeting the myf-5 locus with nlacZ reveals expression of this myogenic factor in mature skeletal muscle fibres as well as early embryonic muscle

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 291-300

  Tajbakhsh, S ^a   Bober, E ^b   Babinet, C ^a   Pournin, S ^a   Arnold, H ^b   Buckingham, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Homologous recombination; Mature skeletal muscle; myf 5; Transgene

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MYOBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; GESTATIONAL AGE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROINJECTIONS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTOR 5; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STEM CELLS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030010005     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0177(199607)206:3<291::AID-AJA6>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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