Transgenic mice and their impact on kidney research

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 458, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 211-222

  Rubera, Isabelle ^a   Hummler, Edith ^b   Beermann, Friedrich ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Epithelial cell; Epithelial Na channels; Gene targeting; Kidney; Knockout; Medulla; Membrane transport; Mouse; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FLUID BALANCE; FLUID RETENTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; KIDNEY DISEASE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LOXP SITE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; NEPHRON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; AQUAPORIN 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EPITHELIAL SODIUM CHANNEL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; LENTIVIRUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 64149132225     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-008-0624-0     Document Type: Article

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