Targeted gene disruption: Applications in neurobiology

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-27

  Van Der Neut, Ronald ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

conditional knockout; Cre lox P; homologous recombination; knockout mice; neurobiology

Indexed keywords

NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030907828     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(96)00123-9     Document Type: Article

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