Conditional Mutagenesis: An Approach to Disease Models - Feil, Robert; Metzger, Daniel; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2007)
Tools for Conditional Mutagenesis -- Conditional Somatic Mutagenesis in the Mouse Using Site-Specific Recombinases -- Cre/loxP-Mediated Chromosome Engineering of the Mouse Genome -- Tetracycline-Controlled Genetic Switches -- Novel Gene Switches -- Improved Embryonic Stem Cell Technologies -- Gene Trap Mutagenesis -- RNA Interference in Mice -- Viral Vectors: A Wide Range of Choices and High Levels of Service -- Conditional Mutagenesis by Cell-Permeable Proteins: Potential, Limitations and Prospects -- Examples of Conditional Disease Models -- Analysis of Mouse Development with Conditional Mutagenesis -- Conditional Mouse Models of Cancer -- Conditional Mutagenesis Reveals Immunological Functions of Widely Expressed Genes: Activation Thresholds, Homeostatic Mechanisms and Disease Models -- Conditional Transgenesis and Recombination to Study the Molecular Mechanisms of Brain Plasticity and Memory -- A Novel Conditional Knockout Strategy Applied to Serotonin Receptors -- Conditional Mouse Models for Friedreich Ataxia, a Neurodegenerative Disorder Associating Cardiomyopathy -- Animal Models in Cardiovascular Diseases: New Insights from Conditional Models -- Conditional Animal Models for the Study of Lipid Metabolism and Lipid Disorders -- Conditional Mouse Models to Study Developmental and Pathophysiological Gene Function in Muscle -- Analysis of Calcium Channels by Conditional Mutagenesis -- Conditional Mutagenesis of G-Protein Coupled Receptors and G-Proteins -- Contribution of Targeted Conditional Somatic Mutagenesis to Deciphering Retinoid X Receptor Functions and to Generating Mouse Models of Human Diseases.
Keywords: Pharmacology; Molecular biology; Human genetics; Medical biochemistry; Pharmacology/Toxicology.; Molecular Medicine; Human Genetics; Medical Biochemistry