Smooth muscle expression of Cre recombinase and eGFP in transgenic mice

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 2002, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 211-215

  Xin, H B ^a   Deng, K Y ^a   Rishniw, M ^a   Ji, G ^a   Kotlikoff, M I ^a  

^a Animal Health Diagnostic Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Bicistronic construct; Fluorescence activated cell sorting; Gene expression

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

CRE RECOMBINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; INTEGRASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEWBORN; PROMOTER REGION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0037015212     PISSN: 15312267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.00054.2002     Document Type: Article

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