Mutant mice and neuroscience: Recommendations concerning genetic background

Neuron

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 755-759

  Silva, Alcino J ^a   Simpson, Elizabeth M ^a   Takahashi, Joseph S ^a   Lipp, Hans Peter ^a   Nakanishi, Shigetada ^a   Wehner, Jeanne M ^a   Giese, Karl P ^a   Tully, Tim ^a   Abel, Ted ^a   Chapman, Paul F ^a   Fox, Kevin ^a   Grant, Seth ^a   Itohara, Shigeyoshi ^a   Lathe, Richard ^a   Mayford, Mark ^a   McNamara, James O ^a   Morris, Roger J ^a   Picciotto, Marina ^a   Roder, John ^a   Shin, Hee Sup ^a   Slesinger, Paul A ^a   Storm, Daniel R ^a   Stryker, Michael P ^a   Tonegawa, Susumu ^a   Wang, Yanyan ^a   Wolfer, David P ^a   more..

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHIMERA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0030777698     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(00)80958-7     Document Type: Note

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