Use of Cre-lox technology to analyze integrin functions in astrocytes

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 814, Issue , 2012, Pages 555-570

  Mobley, Aaron K ^a   McCarty, Joseph H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

vflox flox; Adenovirus Cre; Cre Lox; GFAP CreERT2; itgav; itgb8; Nestin Cre; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

5 BROMO 4 CHLORO 3 INDOLYL BETA GALACTOSIDE; 5-BROMO-4-CHLORO-3-INDOLYL BETA-GALACTOSIDE; CRE RECOMBINASE; GALACTOSIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ASTROCYTIC PROTEIN, MOUSE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INTEGRASE; INTEGRIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NERVE PROTEIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GALACTOSIDES; GENE DELETION; INDOLES; INTEGRASES; INTEGRINS; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS;

ADENOVIRIDAE; MUS;

EID: 84855931067     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-452-0_37     Document Type: Article

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