Homologous recombination into the eosinophil peroxidase locus generates a strain of mice expressing Cre recombinase exclusively in eosinophils

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-24

  Doyle, Alfred D ^a   Jacobsen, Elizabeth A ^a   Ochkur, Sergei I ^a   Willetts, Lian ^a,b   Shim, Kelly ^a   Neely, Joseph ^a   Kloeber, Jake ^a   LeSuer, Will E ^a   Pero, Ralph S ^a   Lacy, Paige ^b   Moqbel, Redwan ^c   Lee, Nancy A ^a   Lee, James J ^a  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eosinophil granule protein; Eosinophil lineagespecific knock out; EPX; Knock in mice

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EOSINOPHIL; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEIN; EOSINOPHIL LINEAGE-SPECIFIC KNOCK-OUT; EPX; KNOCK-IN MICE;

ANIMALS; BONE MARROW; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; EOSINOPHILS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

MUS; VERMES;

EID: 84879596481     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: 19383673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0213089     Document Type: Article

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