Germ line activation of the Tie2 and SMMHC promoters causes noncell-specific deletion of floxed alleles

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-4

  De Lange, Willem J ^a   Halabi, Carmen M ^a   Beyer, Andreas M ^a   Sigmund, Curt D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional; Cre loxP; Endothelium; Knockout; Smooth muscle myosin heavy chain; Vascular

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SMOOTH MUSCLE MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; TIE2 ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANGIOPOIETIN RECEPTOR; CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GERM LINE; INHERITANCE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SMOOTH MUSCLE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTOR, TIE-2; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 56149117324     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.90284.2008     Document Type: Article

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