An induction gene trap for identifying a homeoprotein-regulated locus

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 746-749

  Mainguy, Gaëll ^a   Montesinos, María Luz ^a   Lesaffre, Brigitte ^a   Zevnik, Branco ^b   Karasawa, Mika ^c   Kothary, Rashmi ^e   Wurst, Wolfgang ^b,c   Prochiantz, Alain ^a   Volovitch, Michel ^a,d  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

BPAG1; Electroporation; Gene trap; Homeoprotein; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; INTERNALIZATION; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL NUCLEUS; COLLAGEN; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPINAL CORD; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033924951     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/77312     Document Type: Article

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