Generation of conditional knockout alleles for PDGF-C

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 653-657

  Wu, Xiaoli ^a   Ding, Hao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cleft palate; Conditional null allele; Cre recombinase; Gene targeting; PDGF C

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR C;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

EID: 36049034288     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20339     Document Type: Article

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