Conditional Tek promoter-driven deletion of arginyltransferase in the germ line causes defects in gametogenesis and early embryonic lethality in mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Leu, Nicolae Adrian ^a   Kurosaka, Satoshi ^a   Kashina, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLTRANSFERASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; PROTEIN KINASE TEK; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASE; TEK PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEATH; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FETUS; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE DELETION; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; HOMOZYGOTE; MALE; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; CELL MOTION; CYTOSKELETON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT;

MUS;

ACTINS; AMINOACYLTRANSFERASES; ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CYTOSKELETON; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 70450208556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007734     Document Type: Article

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