Cre recombinase specificity defined by the tau locus

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-138

  Korets Smith, Ella ^a   Lindemann, Lothar ^b   Tucker, Kerry Lee ^c   Jiang, Caoyang ^a   Kabacs, Nikolett ^a   Belteki, Gusztav ^a   Haigh, Jody ^a   Gertsenstein, Marina ^a   Nagy, Andras ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cre reporters; Cre loxP; Neuron specific; tau; Z EG

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; CRE RECOMBINASE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TARGET CELL; TAU GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 10344237559     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20074     Document Type: Article

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