Podocyte-specific expression of Cre recombinase in transgenic mice

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-42

  Moeller, Marcus J ^a   Sanden, Silja K ^a   Soofi, Abdulsalam ^a   Wiggins, Roger C ^a   Holzman, Lawrence B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glomerulus; Kidney; Podocin

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GLOMERULUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGANOGENESIS; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

GLOMERULUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0037247603     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10164     Document Type: Article

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