Transgenic mice engineered to target Cre/LoxP-mediated DNA recombination into catecholaminergic neurons

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 196-202

  Gelman, Diego M ^d   Noaín, Daniela ^d   Avale, M Elena ^d   Otero, Verónica ^d   Low, Malcolm J ^a   Rubinstein, Marcelo ^b,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS CIENTÍFICOS CECS   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN INGENIERÍA GENÉTICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Argentina)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Cre recombinase; Dopamine; LoxP; Norepinephrine; Transgenic mouse; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; CRE RECOMBINASE; DOPAMINE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN CRE LOXP; RECOMBINANT DNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CHROMAFFIN CELL; DNA RECOMBINATION; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOUBLE IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; FLOXED GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCUS CERULEUS; MESENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0042386703     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10217     Document Type: Article

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