Efficient removal of loxP-flanked DNA sequences in a gene-targeted locus by transient expression of cre recombinase in fertilized eggs

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-113

  Sunaga, Shinji ^a,b   Maki, Kazushige ^a   Komagata, Yoshinori ^a   Ikuta, Koichi ^a   Miyazaki, Jun Ichi ^a,c  

^a Dept of Dis Related Gene Reg Res ^*  (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cre loxP recombination system; embryonic stem cells; fertilized eggs; germline transmission; homologous recombination; microinjection

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CHIMERA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, GAMMA-DELTA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; VIRAL PROTEINS; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0031019964     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199702)46:2<109::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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