Cross-contamination with tamoxifen induces transgene expression in non-exposed inducible transgenic mice

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 456-462

  Brake, Rachael L ^a,c   Simmons, Paul J ^b   Begley, C Glenn ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre; ER(T2); Estrogen receptor; Hormone binding domain; Inducible transgenic; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; CRE RECOMBINASE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HORMONE BINDING; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEROID BINDING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SELECTIVE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR MODULATORS; TAIL; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSGENES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 14644390978     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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