Improved wool production in transgenic sheep expressing insulin-like growth factor 1

Bio/Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 185-188

  Damak, Sami ^a,b   Sul, Hung Yi ^a   Jay, Nigel P ^b   Bullock, David W ^b  

^a Centre for Molecular Biology   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; FIBRINOGEN; SOMATOMEDIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SHEEP; SKIN; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WOOL; TRANSGENIC SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; KERATINS; MALE; MICE; MICROINJECTIONS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SHEEP; WOOL;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030066522     PISSN: 0733222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt0296-185     Document Type: Article

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