An improved mouse line for Cre-induced cell ablation due to diphtheria toxin A, expressed from the Rosa26 locus

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 322-327

  Brockschnieder, Damian ^a,b   Pechmann, Yvonne ^b   Sonnenberg Riethmacher, Eva ^b   Riethmacher, Dieter ^b  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell ablation; Cre recombinase; Diphtheria toxin; Oligodendrocytes; Rosa26

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN A; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BPA GENE; CELL ABLATION; CELL LINE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CROSS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; LACZ GENE; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES CONCERNING CELLS; REGULATOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; ROSA26 GENE; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS;

EID: 33746860835     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20218     Document Type: Article

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