Nestin-Cre transgenic mouse line Nes-Cre1 mediates highly efficient Cre/loxP mediated recombination in the nervous system, kidney, and somite-derived tissues

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 355-360

  Dubois, Nicole C ^a,b   Hofmann, Denise ^a   Kaloulis, Kostas ^a   Bishop, J M ^c   Trumpp, Andreas ^a,b  

^a SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Cre; Kidney; loxP; Nestin enhancer; Somite

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; NESTIN;

ARTICLE; BRANCHIAL ARCH; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ECTODERM; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LOXP SITE; LUNG; MESONEPHROS; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROECTODERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOMITE; STEM CELL; THYMUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS MUSCULUS; NES;

EID: 33748655865     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20226     Document Type: Article

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