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Floxed



Floxed is the word used to describe the sandwiching of a DNA sequence between two lox P sites. This is used for Cre-Lox recombination for example, when investigating the role of Beta-Catenin in hair follicles and epidermal stem cell (Huelsken et al., 2001).

References

  • Huelsken, J., R. Vogel, B. Erdmann, G. Cotsarelis, and W. Birchmeier (2001). β-Catenin controls hair follicle morphogenesis and stem cell differentiation in the skin. Cell, Vol. 105, pages 533–545.
 
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