Reporter alleles that inform on differences in Cre recombinase expression

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 6170-6176

  Klinger, Mark ^a   Chmura, Stephen A ^a   Killeen, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTEGRASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; ALLELE; ANIMAL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 77953475245     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1000089     Document Type: Article

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