A mart-1::Cre transgenic line induces recombination in melanocytes and retinal pigment epithelium

Genesis

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 403-409

  Aydin, Iraz T ^a   Beermann, Friedrich ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conditional knockout; Cre recombinase; Melan A; Melanocyte; mlana; Notch; RBP J ; Retinal pigment epithelium; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MART 1 CRE BAC TRANSGENIC MOUSE; MELANOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INTEGRASES; MALE; MART-1 ANTIGEN; MELANOCYTES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 79955987506     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20725     Document Type: Article

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