Rapid conversion of EUCOMM/KOMP-CSD alleles in mouse embryos using a cell-permeable Cre recombinase

Transgenic Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 177-185

  Ryder, Edward ^a   Doe, Brendan ^a   Gleeson, Diane ^a   Houghton, Richard ^a   Dalvi, Priya ^a   Grau, Evelyn ^a   Habib, Bishoy ^a   Miklejewska, Evelina ^a   Newman, Stuart ^a   Sethi, Debarati ^a   Sinclair, Caroline ^a   Vyas, Sapna ^a   Wardle Jones, Hannah ^a   Bottomley, Joanna ^a   Bussell, James ^a   Galli, Antonella ^a   Salisbury, Jennifer ^a   Ramirez Solis, Ramiro ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cre recombinase; Genetics; Mammalian; Mouse; Transgenics

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

CRE RECOMBINASE; INTEGRASE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BREEDING; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENETICS; MOUSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BREEDING; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 84892434539     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-013-9764-x     Document Type: Article

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