Rax-CreERT2 knock-in mice: a tool for selective and conditional gene deletion in progenitor cells and radial glia of the retina and hypothalamus.

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Published in PLoS One on April 03, 2014

Authors

Thomas Pak1, Sooyeon Yoo1, Ana L Miranda-Angulo, Ana M Miranda-Angulo2, Hong Wang1, Seth Blackshaw3

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
2: Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; Institute of Medical Research, School of Medicine, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia.
3: Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; Center for High-Throughput Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America; Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.

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