Neuron-specific and inducible recombination by Cre recombinase in the mouse

NeuroReport

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 621-624

  Hashimoto, Yukiko ^a,b   Muramatsu, Kazuhiro ^a   Uemura, Takefumi ^a   Harada, Reiko ^a   Sato, Takashi ^a   Okamoto, Koichi ^b   Harada, Akihiro ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

; Conditional knockout; Cre recombinase; Gene targeting; Knockin; Neuron; Progesterone receptor; RU486

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; HYBRID PROTEIN; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; GENE TARGETING; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MIFEPRISTONE; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 41749105334     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e3282fb7d99     Document Type: Article

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