Targeting Cre recombinase to specific neuron populations with bacterial artificial chromosome constructs.

نویسندگان

  • Shiaoching Gong
  • Martin Doughty
  • Carroll R Harbaugh
  • Alexander Cummins
  • Mary E Hatten
  • Nathaniel Heintz
  • Charles R Gerfen
چکیده

Shiaoching Gong,1 Martin Doughty,1 Carroll R. Harbaugh,4 Alexander Cummins,4 Mary E. Hatten,2 Nathaniel Heintz,3 and Charles R. Gerfen4 1Gene Expression Nervous System Atlas Project, 2Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, and 3Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021, and 4Laboratory of Systems Neuroscience, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience

دوره 27 37  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007