Human placental alkaline phosphatase as a histochemical marker of gene expression in transgenic mice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 459-466

  Deprimo, Samuel E ^a   Stambrook, Peter J ^a   Stringer, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

gene expression; histochemical marker; reporter genes; transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030297860     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01980211     Document Type: Article

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