Negative selection with the Diphtheria toxin A fragment gene improves frequency of cre-mediated cassette exchange in ES cells

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 140, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 793-798

  Araki, Kimi ^a   Araki, Masatake ^a   Yamamura, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cassette exchange; Cre recombinase; Diphtheria toxin A fragment (DT A) gene; Embryonic stem (ES) cells; Site directed recombination

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN A; KANAMYCIN KINASE; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; PUROMYCIN N ACETYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN FRAGMENT A; INTEGRASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENETIC VECTORS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 34250620962     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvj208     Document Type: Article

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