Inducible Cre recombinase activity in mouse cerebellar granule cell precursors and inner ear hair cells

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 235, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2991-2998

  Chow, Lionel M L ^a   Tian, Yong ^a   Weber, Thomas ^a   Corbett, Mary ^a   Zuo, Jian ^a   Baker, Suzanne J ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Cre; Granule cell; Hair cell; Inducible; Inner ear; Postnatal

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GRANULE CELL; HAIR CELL; INNER EAR; LOXP SITE; MATH1 GENE; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CEREBELLUM; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); HAIR CELLS, INNER; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; TRANSGENES;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 33750979023     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20948     Document Type: Article

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