Cre/loxP-based mouse models of mast cell deficiency and mast cell-specific gene inactivation

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1220, Issue , 2015, Pages 403-421

  Peschke, Katrin ^a   Dudeck, Anne ^a   Rabenhorst, Anja ^a   Hartmann, Karin ^a   Roers, Axel ^a  

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Author keywords

Cre loxP mediated recombination; Diphtheria toxin receptor; Diphtheria toxin induced cell ablation; Mast cell specific conditional gene targeting; Mcpt5; Mcpt5 Cre; Single cell PCR

Indexed keywords

CD45 ANTIGEN; CRE RECOMBINASE; DIPHTHERIA TOXIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AGED; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; LOXP SITE; MAST CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 84933518953     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-1568-2_25     Document Type: Chapter

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