Using Flp-recombinase to characterize expansion of Wnt1-expressing neural progenitors in the mouse

Developmental Biology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-65

  Dymecki, Susan M ^a   Tomasiewicz, Henry ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fate map; Flp recombinase; Neural development; Wnt1 descendants

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GROWTH REGULATION; MOUSE; MUTATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032169048     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8971     Document Type: Article

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