Inducible gene targeting in the neonatal vasculature and analysis of retinal angiogenesis in mice

Nature Protocols

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1518-1534

  Pitulescu, Mara E ^a   Schmidt, Inga ^a   Benedito, Rui ^a   Adams, Ralf H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BROXURIDINE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; ISOLECTIN B4; TAMOXIFEN;

ANGIOGENESIS; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; GENE DELETION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS RATE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISSECTION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; PLANT LECTINS; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; TAMOXIFEN;

MUS;

EID: 77955860340     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2010.113     Document Type: Review

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