Podocyte cell-specific expression of doxycycline inducible Cre recombinase in mice

Journal of the American Society of Nephrology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 648-654

  Juhila, Juuso ^a   Roozendaal, Ramon ^b   Lassila, Markus ^a   Verbeek, Sjef J ^b   Holthofer, Harry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; DOXYCYCLINE; DOXYCYCLINE INDUCIBLE CRE RECOMBINASE; GENE PRODUCT; PODOCIN; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO DEATH; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GLOMERULUS; MICROINJECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PERINATAL DEATH; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 33645459177     PISSN: 10466673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1681/ASN.2005050547     Document Type: Article

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