Inactivation of the murine Transferrin Receptor 2 gene using the cre recombinase: loxP system

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 38-41

  Wallace, Daniel F ^a   Tonks, Ian D ^a   Zournazi, Anna ^a   Kay, Graham F ^a   Subramaniam, V Nathan ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conditional knockout; Hemochromatosis; Iron homeostasis; Transferrin receptor 2

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; IRON METABOLISM; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

MURINAE;

EID: 2942608896     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20023     Document Type: Article

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