Conditional gene targeting in macrophages and granulocytes using LysMcre mice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 265-277

  Clausen, B E ^a,d   Burkhardt, C ^a   Reith, W ^b   Renkawitz, R ^c   Forster I ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Gene targeting; M lysozyme; Macrophages; MHC class II; RFX5

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; DELETION MUTAGENESIS; GENE TARGETING; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOGENETICS; MACROPHAGE; MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GRANULOCYTES; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; INTEGRASES; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MURAMIDASE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0033177995     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008942828960     Document Type: Article

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