Specific expression of lacZ and cre recombinase in fetal thymic epithelial cells by multiplex gene targeting at the Foxn1 locus

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gordon, Julie ^a   Xiao, Shiyun ^a   Hughes III, Bernard ^a   Su, Dong Ming ^a,b   Navarre, Samuel P ^c   Condie, Brian G ^a   Manley, Nancy R ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; FOXN1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; INTEGRASE; WHN PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; HETEROZYGOTE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; THYMOCYTE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOSE OPERON; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; THYMUS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL LINE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTEGRASES; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 34447104270     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-7-69     Document Type: Article

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