New mouse lines for the analysis of neuronal morphology using CreER(T)/loxP-directed sparse labeling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Badea, Tudor C ^a   Hua, Zhong L ^a   Smallwood, Phillip M ^a   Williams, John ^a   Rotolo, Thomas ^a   Ye, Xin ^a   Nathans, Jeremy ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYTAMOXIFEN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CRE ESTROGEN RECEPTOR LIGAND BINDING DOMAIN FUSION PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4-HYDROXYTAMOXIFEN; CRE RECOMBINASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INTEGRASE; TAMOXIFEN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE NERVE CELL; CELL LABELING; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE LOCUS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; UBIQUITINATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOXYCYCLINE; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURONS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 70649095273     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007859     Document Type: Article

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