Inducible site-specific recombination in the brain

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 285, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Kellendonk, Christoph ^a   Tronche, François ^a   Casanova, Emilio ^a   Anlag, Katrin ^a   Opherk, Christian ^a   Schütz, Günther ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain; Cre recombinase; Gene targeting; Inducible; RU486

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; RECOMBINASE; STEROID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LIGAND BINDING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SOMATIC MUTATION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033534701     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1998.2307     Document Type: Article

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