Targeted JAM-C deletion in germ cells by Spo11-controlled Cre recombinase

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 91-99

  Pellegrini, Manuela ^a   Claps, Giuseppina ^a   Orlova, Valeria V ^b   Barrios, Florencia ^a,h   Dolci, Susanna ^a   Geremia, Raffaele ^a   Rossi, Pellegrino ^a   Rossi, Gabriele ^a   Arnold, Bernd ^c   Chavakis, Triantafyllos ^d   Feigenbaum, Lionel ^e   Sharan, Shyam K ^f   Nussenzweig, Andre ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e SAIC FREDERICK INC   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; JAM C; Meiosis; Nbs1; Spo11

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; JUNCTIONAL ADHESION MOLECULE C; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NIBRIN; SPORULATION PROTEIN 11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GERM CELL; GONADAL DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELLS; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MIOSIS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 78651065420     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.072959     Document Type: Article

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