Generation of an Msx2-GFP conditional null allele

Genesis

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 276-282

  Bensoussan, Vardina ^a   Lallemand, Yvan ^a,b   Moreau, Julie ^a,c   Cloment, Cécile Saint ^a   Langa, Francina ^b   Robert, Benoît ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

Conditional inactivation; Cre loxP; Gene targeting; GFP; Msx2

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MSX2; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; MSX1 GENE; MSX2 GENE; MSX2 GFP GENE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; MALE; MOUSE MUTANT;

ANIMALIA;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

EID: 45549092239     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20390     Document Type: Article

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