Generation of knock-in mice that express nuclear enhanced green fluorescent protein and tamoxifen-inducible Cre recombinase in the notochord from Foxa2 and T loci

Genesis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 210-218

  Imuta, Yu ^a,b,c   Kiyonari, Hiroshi ^b   Jang, Chuan Wei ^d   Behringer, Richard R ^d   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a,b,c  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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

Author keywords

Dual labeling; Foxa2; Inducible Cre; Node; Notochord; Nuclear EGFP; T (Brachyury)

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; ENDODERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; MESODERM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; FETAL PROTEINS; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GERM LAYERS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NOTOCHORD; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84875045056     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.22376     Document Type: Article

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