Transgenic mice with hematopoietic and lymphoid specific expression of Cre

European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 314-325

  de Boer, Jasper ^a   Williams, Adam ^a   Skavdis, George ^a   Harker, Nicola ^a   Coles, Mark ^a   Tolaini, Mauro ^a   Norton, Trisha ^a   Williams, Keith ^a   Roderick, Kathleen ^a   Potocnik, Alexandre J ^a   Kioussis, Dimitris ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

GPF; hCD2 iCre; Hematopoiesis; Lymphocyte; Transgenic; Vav iCre

Indexed keywords

CD2 ANTIGEN; CRE RECOMBINASE; VAV PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM; HEMATOPOIETIC TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LYMPHOID CELL; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD2; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE P1; CELL LINEAGE; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-VAV; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TESTIS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0037332003     PISSN: 00142980     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/immu.200310005     Document Type: Review

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