Evolution of Brainbow: Using Cre-lox for Multicolor Labeling of Neurons
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...recombination events, and the synthesis of alternative loxP sites to specify distinct patterns of recombination. In...Molecular and Cellular Biology, harnessed these attributes of Cre-lox to create the Brainbow mouse neural...defined using 2 loxP variants (only identical loxP sites can mediate recombination.) The deletions are mutually...be detected via immunostaining. This feature facilitates screening of Cre-negative Brainbow mice to determine...doi: 10.1038/nrn2391. Epub 2008 Apr 30. PubMed.
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