Efficient induction of productive Cre-mediated recombination in retinal pigment epithelium

Molecular Vision

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 480-487

  Fu, Shuhua ^a,b   Zhu, Meili ^b   Wang, Changyun ^a   Le, Yun Zheng ^b,c  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DOXYCYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRE GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; INTRAVITREAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENE EXPRESSION; INTEGRASES; INTRAVITREAL INJECTIONS; MICE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 84898490319     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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