A transgenic Cre mouse line for the study of cortical and hippocampal development

Genesis

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 343-350

  Zhou, Wei ^a   Zhang, Ying ^a   Li, Yiping ^a   Wei, Yu Sheng ^b   Liu, Guang ^b   Liu, De Pei ^b   Pleasure, Samuel J ^c   Xie, Wei ^a   Zhao, Chunjie ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES   (China)

^c Programs in Neuroscience   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; Cre; Frizzled9; Hippocampus; Wnt

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DENTATE GYRUS; EMBRYO; FRIZZLED9 GENE; GENE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRASES; LAC OPERON; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; TIME FACTORS;

MUS;

EID: 77952075418     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20611     Document Type: Article

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