Cre/loxP-mediated inactivation of the bHLH transcription factor gene NeuroD/Beta2

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 247-252

  Goebbels, Sandra ^a   Bode, Ulli ^a   Pieper, Alexander ^a   Funfschilling, Ursula ^a   Schwab, Markus H ^a   Nave, Klaus Armin ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Conditional gene targeting; Hippocampus; NeuroD; Neuronal differentiation; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; GENOMIC DNA; HELIX LOOP HELIX PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBRYO; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNER EAR; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 23844442535     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20138     Document Type: Article

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