Targeted insertion of a lacZ reporter gene into the mouse Cer1 locus reveals complex and dynamic expression during embryogenesis

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 259-264

  Stanley, Edouard G ^a   Biben, Christine ^b   Allison, Janette ^a   Hartley, Lynne ^a   Wicks, Ian P ^a   Campbell, Ian K ^a   McKinley, Michael ^c   Barnett, Louise ^a   Koentgen, Frank ^a   Robb, Lorraine ^a   Harvey, Richard P ^b,d  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

BMP; Cartilage; Cer1; Cerberus; Cystine knot; Head formation; LacZ; Lung; mCer1; Pancreas; Somites

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOSTASIS; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

ANIMALIA; CERBERUS; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS;

EID: 0034108536     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1526-968X(200004)26:4<259::AID-GENE70>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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