Generation and Characterisation of Keratin 7 (K7) Knockout Mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Sandilands, Aileen ^a   Smith, Frances J D ^a   Lunny, Declan P ^b   Campbell, Linda E ^a   Davidson, Kirsty M ^a   MacCallum, Stephanie F ^a   Corden, Laura D ^a   Christie, Lesley ^a   Fleming, Stewart ^a   Lane, E Birgitte ^b   McLean, W H Irwin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKERATIN 7; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HOMOZYGOSITY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UROTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; KERATIN-18; KERATIN-19; KERATIN-20; KERATIN-7; KERATIN-8; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN BINDING; URINARY BLADDER; UROTHELIUM;

MUS;

EID: 84878615088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064404     Document Type: Article

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