General and conditional replacement of connexin43-coding DNA by a lacZ reporter gene for cell-autonomous analysis of expression

Cell Communication and Adhesion

Volumn 8, Issue 4-6, 2001, Pages 383-386

  Theis, Martin ^a,c   Mas, Christophe ^b   Döring, Britta ^a   Krüger, Olaf ^a   Herrera, Pedro ^b   Meda, Paolo ^b   Willecke, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell autonomous; Conditional replacement; Cre; Cx43 expression; LoxP; Reporter gene

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CONNEXIN 43; DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LETHALITY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEURAL CREST; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CELL; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035757434     PISSN: 10615385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15419060109080758     Document Type: Article

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