Transgenic mice that express Cre recombinase in hypertrophic chondrocytes

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-36

  Yang, Guan ^a   Cui, Fang ^a   Hou, Ning ^a   Cheng, Xuan ^a   Zhang, Jishuai ^a   Wang, Youliang ^a   Jiang, Nan ^a   Gao, Xiang ^b   Yang, Xiao ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Growth plate; Hypertrophic chondrocyte; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 10; CRE RECOMBINASE; SMAD4 PROTEIN;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHONDROGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCHONDRAL OSSIFICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMUR FRACTURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GROWTH PLATE; HYPERTROPHIC CHONDROCYTE; HYPERTROPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIB; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 20044365246     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20120     Document Type: Article

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