Generation of Smad7-Cre recombinase mice: A useful tool for the study of epithelial-mesenchymal transformation within the embryonic heart

Genesis

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 469-475

  Snider, Paige ^a   Tang, Sunyong ^a   Lin, Goldie ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Conway, Simon J ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Cre loxP cell ablation; Endocardial cushions; Heart development; Mouse embryo; Smad7

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN A; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SMAD7 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NFAT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; ENDOCARDIAL CUSHION; EPITHELIUM; GENE FUNCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HIS BUNDLE; LOXP SITE; MESENCHYME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EPITHELIUM; HEART; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTEGRASES; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SMAD7 PROTEIN;

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EID: 70349170420     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20524     Document Type: Article

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