Targeted cell-ablation in Xenopus embryos using the conditional, toxic viral protein M2(H37A)

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 236, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2159-2171

  Smith, Stuart J ^a   Kotecha, Surendra ^a   Towers, Norma ^a   Mohun, Timothy J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amantadine; Cell ablation; Conditional; Death; Embryo; Heart development; Influenza; M2(H37A); Macrophage; Myeloid; Rimantadine; Toxic; Transgenesis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ION CHANNEL; PROTEIN M2; RIMANTADINE; RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; BLASTULA; CELL DEATH; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART DEVELOPMENT; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SUICIDE GENE; TRANSGENICS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; CELL DEATH; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; ION CHANNELS; METHODS; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRAL PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

INFLUENZA A VIRUS; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 34548085419     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21233     Document Type: Article

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