Generation of ERα-floxed and knockout mice using the Cre/LoxP system

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 424, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 710-716

  Antonson, P ^a   Omoto, Y ^a   Humire, P ^a   Gustafsson, J A ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen receptor alpha; Reproduction; Targeted disruption; Uterus

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; FEMALE STERILITY; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; HISTOLOGY; HYPERGLYCEMIA; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOXP SITE; MALE; MALE STERILITY; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OVARY; OVARY CYST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; UTERUS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFERTILITY, MALE; INTEGRASES; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARY; POLYCYSTIC OVARY SYNDROME; UTERUS;

MUS;

EID: 84864816598     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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