Conditional gene expression systems to study herpesvirus biology in vivo

Medical Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 197, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 269-276

  Sacher, Torsten ^a   Jordan, Stefan ^a   Mohr, Christian A ^a   Vidy, Aurore ^a   Weyn, Annelies M G ^a   Ruszics, Zsolt ^a   Koszinowski, Ulrich H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell type specificity; Conditional mutagenesis; Cre recombinase; Cytomegalovirus; Endothelial cells; Hepatocytes; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL TYPE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CASSETTE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HERPES VIRUS; HOST; IN VIVO STUDY; LOXP SITE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SCREENING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS MUTANT;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUROMEGALOVIRUS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 42249093314     PISSN: 03008584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00430-008-0086-1     Document Type: Review

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