Cell type-specific manipulation with GFP-dependent Cre recombinase

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1334-1341

  Tang, Jonathan C Y ^a   Rudolph, Stephanie ^a   Dhande, Onkar S ^b,c   Abraira, Victoria E ^a   Choi, Seungwon ^a   Lapan, Sylvain W ^a   Drew, Iain R ^a   Drokhlyansky, Eugene ^a   Huberman, Andrew D ^b,c   Regehr, Wade G ^a   Cepko, Constance L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; INTEGRASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; ELECTROPORATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GLIA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LOXP SITE; MOTOR CORTEX; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; OPTOGENETICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RETINA AMACRINE CELL; SPINAL CORD; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; C57BL MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; HEK293 CELL LINE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; RETINA; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEK293 CELLS; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; OPTOGENETICS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PREGNANCY; RETINA;

EID: 84940459779     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.4081     Document Type: Article

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