The Pax3-Cre transgene exhibits a rostrocaudal gradient of expression in the skeletal muscle lineage

Genesis

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Jarad, George ^a   Miner, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre; Dystroglycan; Muscular dystrophy; Pax3

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DYSTROGLYCAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX3; INTEGRASE; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PAX3 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HEAD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUTANT; NECK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; SATELLITE CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STAINING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTER; METABOLISM;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 67449096638     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20447     Document Type: Article

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