Highly Efficient Transgene-Independent Recombination Directed by a Maternally Derived Sox2Cre Transgene

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 54-56

  Vincent, Stéphane D ^a   Robertson, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre recombination; Female; Gene deletion; Mouse

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOX2CRE GENE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0242441595     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10226     Document Type: Article

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