Temporal and spatial regulation of CRE recombinase expression in gonadotrophin-releasing hormone neurones in the mouse

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 909-916

  Wolfe, Andrew ^a   Divall, S ^a   Singh, S P ^a   Nikrodhanond, A A ^b   Baria, A T ^b   Le, W W ^c   Hoffman, G E ^c   Radovick, S ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CRE recombinase; GnRH; LHRH; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DOXYCYCLINE; GONADORELIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 45549104844     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2008.01746.x     Document Type: Article

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