| Literature DB >> 24056874 |
Richard Sando1, Karsten Baumgaertel, Simon Pieraut, Nina Torabi-Rander, Thomas J Wandless, Mark Mayford, Anton Maximov.
Abstract
Acute manipulation of gene and protein function in the brain is essential for understanding the mechanisms of nervous system development, plasticity and information processing. Here we describe a technique based on a destabilized Cre recombinase (DD-Cre) whose activity is controlled by the antibiotic trimethoprim (TMP). We show that DD-Cre triggers rapid TMP-dependent recombination of loxP-flanked ('floxed') alleles in mouse neurons in vivo and validate the use of this system for neurobehavioral research.Entities:
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Year: 2013 PMID: 24056874 PMCID: PMC3947879 DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2640
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nat Methods ISSN: 1548-7091 Impact factor: 28.547