Targeting of transgene expression to the vascular endothelium of mice by homologous recombination at the thrombomodulin locus

Circulation Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 180-187

  Weiler Guettler, Hartmut ^a   Aird, William C ^a   Husain, Mansoor ^a   Rayburn, Helen ^a   Rosenberg, Robert D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

chimeras; embryonic stem cells; endothelial heterogeneity; lacZ blood vessels

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; THROMBOMODULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030054055     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.78.2.180     Document Type: Article

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