Optimized self-excising Cre-expression cassette for mammalian cells

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 320, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 366-371

  Mähönen, Anssi J ^a   Airenne, Kari J ^a   Lind, Miia M ^a   Lesch, Hanna P ^a   Ylä Herttuala, Seppo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

CAGGS; Cre; Intron; loxP; Recombination; Toxic

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CRE RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FUSION GENE; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRON; MAMMAL CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TARGET CELL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; DNA PRIMERS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 2942715073     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2004.05.175     Document Type: Article

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