Comparison of the tamoxifen regulated chimeric Cre recombinases MerCreMer and CreMer

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 380, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1435-1438

  Verrou, Chrysi ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Zürn, Christa ^a   Schamel, Wolfgang W A ^a   Reth, Michael ^a  

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Author keywords

Chimeric proteins; Cre recombinase; Inducible gene regulation

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYTAMOXIFEN; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; HORMONE BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033396570     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.1999.184     Document Type: Article

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