Modifiable gene expression in mice: Kidney-specific deletion of a target gene via the Cre-loxP system

Experimental Nephrology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 568-575

  Stec, David E ^a   Sigmund, Curt D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre loxP system; Gene targeting; Kidney; Tissue specific gene targeting; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0031797909     PISSN: 10187782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020573     Document Type: Conference Paper

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