Generation of a Twist1 conditional null allele in the mouse

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 588-592

  Chen, You Tzung ^a   Akinwunmi, Peter O ^a   Jian, Min Deng ^a   Tam, Oliver H ^a   Behringer, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic helix loop helix; Conditional allele; Cre loxP; Mouse; Twist1

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TWIST 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; GENOTYPE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

MUS;

EID: 35548948011     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20332     Document Type: Article

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