Temporally controlled targeted somatic mutagenesis in the mouse brain

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1777-1783

  Weber, Philipp ^a,b   Metzger, Daniel ^a   Chambon, Pierre ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b University of Zurich Brain Research Institute   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cre ERT inducible recombinase; Cre loxP technology; Nervous system; Prion promoter; Time and tissue specific gene disruption

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS; NEURONS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PRPC PROTEINS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0035783417     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0953-816X.2001.01803.x     Document Type: Article

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