An androgen-inducible proximal tubule-specific Cre recombinase transgenic model

American Journal of Physiology - Renal Physiology

Volumn 294, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Li, Huiping ^a   Zhou, Xiyou ^a   Davis, Deborah R ^a   Xu, Di ^a   Sigmund, Curt D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AQUAPORIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN KAP; PROTEIN KAP2; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; INTEGRASE; KAP PROTEIN, MOUSE; PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY PROXIMAL TUBULE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ISOLATION; ANIMAL; BREEDING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; INTEGRASES; KIDNEY TUBULES, PROXIMAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 48249150356     PISSN: 1931857X     EISSN: 15221466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajprenal.00064.2008     Document Type: Article

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