Conditional transgenesis using Dimerizable Cre (DiCre)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Jullien, Nicolas ^a   Goddard, Isabelle ^b   Selmi Ruby, Samia ^c   Fina, Jean Luc ^b   Cremer, Harold ^a   Herman, Jean Paul ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; RAPAMYCIN; INTEGRASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HEART; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MOUSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGENY; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REPORTER GENE; TIME; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA PROBE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DIMERIZATION; DNA PROBES; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; INTEGRASES; MICE; SIROLIMUS; TACROLIMUS BINDING PROTEIN 1A;

EID: 44449122857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0001355     Document Type: Article

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