Pancreas-specific Cre driver lines and considerations for their prudent use

Cell Metabolism

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-20

  Magnuson, Mark A ^a   Osipovich, Anna B ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE;

ACINAR CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ENDOCRINE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; LOXP SITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, ANIMAL; PANCREAS; PANCREATIC HORMONES; PROTEIN-LYSINE 6-OXIDASE; RATS; RATS, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

MUS;

EID: 84879878335     PISSN: 15504131     EISSN: 19327420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.06.011     Document Type: Review

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