Strong and ubiquitous expression of transgenes targeted into the β-actin locus by Cre/lox cassette replacement

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 229-235

  Shmerling, Doron ^a,d   Danzer, Claus Peter ^a   Mao, Xiaohong ^b   Boisclair, Julie ^a   Haffner, Michel ^a   Lemaistre, Marianne ^a   Schuler, Valerie ^a   Kaeslin, Edgar ^a   Korn, Reinhard ^a   Bürki, Kurt ^a,c   Ledermann, Birgit ^a,c   Kinzel, Bernd ^a   Müller, Matthias ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS INSTITUTES FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d POLYGENE AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AGRP; lox511; Mouse; RMCE; Targeted transgenesis

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; BETA ACTIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; THYMIDINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENICS; ZYGOTE;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 23844527864     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20135     Document Type: Article

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