Single-neuron labeling with inducible Cre-mediated knockout in transgenic mice

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 721-728

  Young, Paul ^a,b   Qiu, Li ^a   Wang, Dongqing ^a   Zhao, Shengli ^a   Gross, James ^a   Feng, Guoping ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; FLUORESCENT DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; GANGLIA, SPINAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 44349113029     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.2118     Document Type: Article

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