Specificity and efficiency of cre-mediated recombination in Emx1-cre knock-in mice

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 273, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 661-665

  Guo, Huailian ^a   Hong, Shuangsong ^a   Jin, Xiao Lu ^a   Chen, Ren Shiang ^a   Avasthi, Prachee Pradeep ^a   Tu, Yen Te ^a   Ivanco, Tammy Leanne ^a   Li, Yuqing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Cre loxP; Emx1; Hippocampus; Knock in; Neuronal culture; Recombination efficiency; Reporter mice; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; DELETION MUTANT; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HOMEOBOX; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0033877030     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2870     Document Type: Article

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