Conditional over-expression of estrogen receptor alpha in a transgenic mouse model

Transgenic Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 361-372

  Hruska, Kathleen S ^a   Tilli, Maddalena T ^a   Ren, Shuxun ^a   Cotarla, Ion ^a   Kwong, Theresa ^a   Li, Minglin ^a   Fondell, Joseph D ^a   Hewitt, Judy A ^a   Koos, Robert D ^a   Furth, Priscilla A ^a,b   Flaws, Jodi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional gene expression; Estrogen receptor ; Reproduction; Tetracycline responsive gene expression system; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS, MOUSE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID;

ANIMALIA; MOUSE MAMMARY TUMOR VIRUS; MURINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0036702774     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016376100186     Document Type: Article

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