Letter by molkentin regarding article, the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence: The pitfalls of cre knock-ins in the c-kit locus

Circulation Research

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 2014, Pages e21-e23

  Molkentin, Jeffery D ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INTEGRASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ALLELE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNER CELL MASS; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MYOBLAST; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GENE KNOCK-IN TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOBLASTS, CARDIAC; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT;

EID: 84917744032     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.114.305011     Document Type: Letter

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