A new Cre driver mouse line, Tcf21/Pod1-Cre, targets metanephric mesenchyme.

Conditional gene targeting in mice has provided great insight into the role of gene function in kidney development and disease. Although a number of Cre-driver mouse strains already exist for the kidney, development of additional strains with unique expression patterns is needed. Here we report the...

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Main Authors: Yoshiro Maezawa, Matthew Binnie, Chengjin Li, Paul Thorner, Chi-Chung Hui, Benjamin Alman, Makoto Mark Taketo, Susan E Quaggin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3391250?pdf=render