Inducible expression of Cre recombinase in the retinal pigmented epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1248-1253

  Le, Yun Zheng ^a,b,e   Zheng, Wei ^a,c   Rao, Peng Cheng ^a,c   Zheng, Lixing ^a,c   Anderson, Robert E ^a,b,c   Esumi, Noriko ^d   Zack, Donald J ^d   Zhu, Meili ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e BSEB 302G ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DOXYCYCLINE; BEST1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; EYE PROTEIN; INTEGRASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TECHNIQUE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHLORIDE CHANNELS; DOXYCYCLINE; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 41949085489     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1105     Document Type: Article

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