The a"MAZE"ing world of lung-specific transgenic mice

American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 269-282

  Rawlins, Emma L ^a   Perl, Anne Karina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional; Gene expression; Lineage tracing; Lung; Mouse; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

AQUAPORIN 5; CALVASCULIN; CRE RECOMBINASE; DOXYCYCLINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; STEROID RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 5;

BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BASAL CELL; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CILIATED EPITHELIUM; DNA RECOMBINATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY DEVELOPMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LACRIMAL GLAND; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; LUNG INJURY; MESENCHYME CELL; MESOTHELIUM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TUMOR GROWTH; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOXORUBICIN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; INTEGRASES; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TAMOXIFEN; TETRACYCLINE;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84857731222     PISSN: 10441549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2011-0372PS     Document Type: Review

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