Generation of mRx-Cre Transgenic Mouse Line for Efficient Conditional Gene Deletion in Early Retinal Progenitors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Klimova, Lucie ^a,b   Lachova, Jitka ^a   Machon, Ondrej ^a   Sedlacek, Radislav ^a   Kozmik, Zbynek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; MOUSE; NEUROEPITHELIUM; NONHUMAN; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINA STEM CELL; RX GENE; STEM CELL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PREGNANCY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETINA; STEM CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84877151551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063029     Document Type: Article

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