Conditional gene targeting on the pure C57BL/6 genetic background

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-112

  Mishina, Masayoshi ^a   Sakimura, Kenji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain function; C57BL 6 strain; Conditional gene targeting; CrePR recombinase; Flp recombinase; Genetic background; Glutamate receptor; Mouse

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE FUSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MARKER GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE TARGETING; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 34249729339     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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