Podocyte-specific expression of tamoxifen-inducible Cre recombinase in mice
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Podocyte-specific expression of tamoxifen-inducible Cre recombinase in mice.
BACKGROUND Podocytes play an important role in maintaining normal glomerular function. A podocyte-specific conditional knockout technology has been established by the use of transgenic mice expressing a podocyte-specific Cre recombinase to clarify the role of genes expressed in the podocytes. However, it may be difficult to examine the role of genes in certain pathologic conditions using conven...
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عنوان ژورنال: Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0931-0509,1460-2385
DOI: 10.1093/ndt/gfq029