A Tlx2-Cre mouse line uncovers essential roles for hand1 in extraembryonic and lateral mesoderm

Genesis

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 479-484

  Maska, Emily L ^a   Cserjesi, Peter ^a,b   Hua, Lisa L ^a   Garstka, Meghan E ^a   Brody, Heather M ^a   Morikawa, Yuka ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Embryo; Hand1; Mouse; Nervous system; Neural crest

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC LINE; HAND1 GENE; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRASES; LAC OPERON; MALE; MESODERM; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 77956309503     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20644     Document Type: Article

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