The commonly used β-actin-GFP transgenic mouse strain develops a distinct type of glomerulosclerosis

Transgenic Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 829-834

  Guo, Jian Kan ^a   Cheng, Ee Chun ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Swenson, E Scott ^a   Ardito, Thomas A ^a   Kashgarian, Michael ^a   Cantley, Lloyd G ^a   Krause, Diane S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GFP; Glomerular basement membrane; Glomerulosclerosis; Podocyte

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; FOCAL GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; GLOMERULOSCLEROSIS, FOCAL SEGMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 35848937125     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-007-9107-x     Document Type: Article

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