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CREating breakthroughs

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A cell-permeable Cre recombinase provides an alternative approach for genetically manipulating cells in culture and mice.

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Figure 1: Genetic modification of cells using a cell-permeable Cre recombinase.

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  1. Chun-Ming Chen is a postdoctoral fellow and Richard R. Behringer is a professor in the Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, 77030, TX

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