Inducible control of tissue-specific transgene expression in Xenopus tropicalis transgenic lines

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 235-241

  Chae, Jeiwook ^a   Zimmerman, Lyle B ^a,b   Grainger, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GAL4 UAS system; Inducible gene expression; Transgenic line; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; RETINA; TRANSGENE; XENOPUS; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MIFEPRISTONE; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XENOPUS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

AMPHIBIA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 0036768601     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00219-8     Document Type: Article

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