Production of transgenic merino sheep by microinjection of ovine metallothionein-ovine growth hormone fusion genes

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1989, Pages 147-155

  Murray, J D ^a   Nancarrowb, C D ^b   Marshall, J T ^b   Hazeltonn, I G ^b   Ward, K A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CSIRO LIVESTOCK INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE FUSION; GENE TRANSFER; GROWTH HORMONE GENE; HEREDITY; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; SHEEP; TRANSGENE;

ANIMAL; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA, VIRAL; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ESTRUS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROWTH HORMONE; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICROINJECTIONS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0024955594     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD9890147     Document Type: Article

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