Transgenic mice expressing Cre-recombinase specifically in retinal rod bipolar neurons

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3515-3520

  Zhang, Xin Mei ^a   Chen, Bai Yu ^a   Ng, Alam Hoi Lam ^a   Tanner, Julian A ^a   Tay, David ^a   So, Kwok Fai ^a   Rachel, Rivka A ^b   Copeland, Neal G ^b   Jenkins, Nancy A ^b   Huang, Jian Dong ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA FRAGMENT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; 5 BROMO 4 CHLORO 3 INDOLYL BETA GALACTOSIDE; 5-BROMO-4-CHLORO-3-INDOLYL BETA-GALACTOSIDE; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GALACTOSIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INTEGRASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PCP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PCP2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; INTERNEURON; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GALACTOSIDES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; INDOLES; INTEGRASES; INTERNEURONS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPEPTIDES; PREGNANCY; PURKINJE CELLS; RODS (RETINA);

EID: 32944457757     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-1201     Document Type: Article

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