Rx-Cre, a tool for inactivation of gene expression in the developing retina

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 361-363

  Swindell, Eric C ^a   Bailey, Travis J ^a   Loosli, Felix ^b   Liu, Chaomei ^a   Amaya Manzanares, Felipe ^a   Mahon, Kathleen A ^a   Wittbrodt, Joachim ^b   Jamrich, Milan ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cre; Homeobox; Hypothalamus; Medaka; Retina; Rx

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HOMEOBOX; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORYZIAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RX GENE;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748665977     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20225     Document Type: Article

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