A keratin K5Cre transgenic line appropriate for tissue-specific or generalized Cre-mediated recombination

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 52-57

  Ramirez, Angel ^a   Page, Angustias ^a   Gandarillas, Alberto ^b,g   Zanet, Jennifer ^b,g   Pibre, Sophie ^b,g   Vidal, Miguel ^c   Tusell, Laura ^d   Genesca, Anna ^d   Whitaker, Duncan A ^e   Melton, David W ^f   Jorcano, Jose L ^a  

^a CIEMAT   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Epidermis; Keratinocyte; Maternal deleter; Tissue specific recombination; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; KERATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HAIR FOLLICLE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KERATINOCYTE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

BOVINAE; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 2942582215     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20025     Document Type: Article

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