Human minisatellite MS32 (D1S8) displays somatic but not germline instability in transgenic mice

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1565-1571

  Bois, Philippe ^a   Collick, Andrew ^a   Brown, Jane ^a   Jeffreys, Alec J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GERM CELL; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPERM; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0030776493     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.9.1565     Document Type: Article

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