Unexpected behavior of a gene trap vector comprising a fusion between the Sh ble and the lacZ genes

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 255-263

  Camus, A ^a   Kress, C ^a   Babinet, C ^a   Barra, J ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Embryonic stem cells; Germline chimeras; Mouse development; Phleomycin; Targeted mutation

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PHLEOMYCIN; PYRIMIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CLONING; CHIMERA; DRUG RESISTANCE; EMBRYO; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL LINE; CLONE CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; LAC OPERON; MICE; PHENOTYPE; RNA SPLICING; STAINING AND LABELING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029855693     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199611)45:3<255::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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