The vagaries of variegating transgenes

BioEssays

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 919-923

  Martin, David I K ^a,b   Whitelaw, Emma ^c  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030298416     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.950181111     Document Type: Review

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