Getting around lethality with inducible Cre-mediated excision

Seminars in cell & developmental biology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 151-158

  Garcia, Elvin L ^a,b   Mills, Alea A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal Models; Cre; Gene Targeting; Inducible Promoters; loxP; Mifepristone; Tamoxifen; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CRE RECOMBINASE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; INTEGRASE; INTERFERON; MIFEPRISTONE; TAMOXIFEN; TETRACYCLINE; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ALLELE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISEASE MODEL; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; TIME;

ALLELES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; INTEGRASES; INTERFERONS; MIFEPRISTONE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TAMOXIFEN; TETRACYCLINE; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0036550073     PISSN: 10849521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1084-9521(02)00019-8     Document Type: Article

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