Mosaic analysis of gene function in postnatal mouse brain development by using virus-based cre recombination

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 54, 2011, Pages

  Gibson, Daniel A ^a   Ma, Le ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adeno associated virus; Brain development; Cre; Issue 54; Mosaic analysis; Mouse; Neuroscience; Postnatal; Sparse labeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 80355145684     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2823     Document Type: Article

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