Spontaneous Mutation in Big Blue® Transgenic Mice: Analysis of Age, Gender, and Tissue Type

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 299-312

  Nishino, Hiroshi ^a,b   Buettner, Victoria L ^a   Haavik, Jan ^a   Schaid, Daniel J ^b   Sommer, Steve S ^a,c  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; lacl; Mutation spectra; Sperm; Thymus

Indexed keywords

MUS MUSCULUS;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTAGEN TESTING; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOZOON; THYMUS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSPOSON;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CELL DIVISION; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SEX FACTORS; SPERMATOZOA; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0030331124     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2280(1996)28:4<299::aid-em2>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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