Mast cell-specific Cre/loxP-mediated recombination in vivo

Transgenic Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 307-315

  Scholten, Julia ^a   Hartmann, Karin ^a   Gerbaulet, Alexander ^a   Krieg, Thomas ^a   Müller, Werner ^b   Testa, Giuseppe ^c   Roers, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conditional gene targeting; Cre transgenic mice; Cre loxP mediated recombination; Mast cells

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHYMASE; CMA1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE; PHOTOPROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MALE; MAST CELL; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHYMASES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; INTEGRASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 41049104888     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-007-9153-4     Document Type: Article

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