lacZ transgenic mice to monitor gene expression in embryo and adult

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 54-60

  Schmidt, Andrea ^a   Tief, Kirsten ^a,c   Foletti, Alessandro ^a   Hunziker, Agnès ^a   Penna, Doris ^a,b   Hummler, Edith ^b   Beermann, Friedrich ^a  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c PERKINELMER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

lacZ; Promoter; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032170160     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(98)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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