A modified RMCE-compatible Rosa26 locus for the expression of transgenes from exogenous promoters

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Tchorz, Jan S ^a,b   Suply, Thomas ^a   Ksiazek, Iwona ^a   Giachino, Claudio ^c   Cloëtta, Dimitri ^b   Danzer, Claus Peter ^a   Doll, Thierry ^a   Isken, Andrea ^a   Lemaistre, Marianne ^a   Taylor, Verdon ^c,d   Bettler, Bernhard ^b   Kinzel, Bernd ^a   Mueller, Matthias ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA ACTIN; CAGA PROTEIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; ELONGATION FACTOR 1ALPHA; FLIPASE; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIOPHAGE RECEPTOR; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GT(ROSA)26SOR PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTEGRASE; LUCIFERASE; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE LOCUS; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; ATTACHMENT SITES, MICROBIOLOGICAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC LOCI; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; LUCIFERASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84855855098     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030011     Document Type: Article

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