A site–directed chromosomal translocation induced in embryonic stem cells by Cre-loxP recombination

Nature Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 376-385

  Smith, Andrew J H ^a   De Sousa, Michelle A ^a   Kwabi Addo, Bernard ^a   Heppell Parton, Amanda ^b   Impey, Helen ^b   Rabbitts, Pamela ^b  

^a MRC LABORATORY OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 12; CHROMOSOME 15; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO CELL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C MYC; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA; GENE TARGETING; GENES, IMMUNOGLOBULIN; GENES, MYC; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMAN; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STEM CELLS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSLOCATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0028950996     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0495-376     Document Type: Article

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