Genetic Cre-loxP assessment of epicardial cell fate using Wt1-Driven cre alleles

Circulation Research

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Zhou, Bin ^a,b   Pu, William T ^b,c  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People s Hospital   (China)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Enders1254 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

cre loxp; epicardium lineage; genetic lineage tracing; Wt1

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; TAMOXIFEN; WT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL FATE; CELL LABELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPICARDIUM; GENE FUNCTION; HEART DEVELOPMENT; LOXP SITE; MESOTHELIUM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL LINEAGE; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PERICARDIUM; TAMOXIFEN; TIME FACTORS; WT1 PROTEINS;

EID: 84870005647     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.112.275784     Document Type: Review

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