Mouse transgenesis in a single locus with independent regulation for multiple fluorophores

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Dougherty, Joseph D ^a,b   Zhang, Juliet ^a   Feng, Huifen ^a   Gong, Shiaoching ^a   Heintz, Nathaniel ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE; FLUOROPHORE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENICS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC LOCI; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SYNAPTOSOMAL-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84863739536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040511     Document Type: Article

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