Beyond 'knock-out'-mice: New perspectives for the programmed modification of the mammalian genome

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 929-938

  Cohen Tannoudji, Michel ^a   Babinet, Charles ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Chromosome engineering; Conditional gene targeting; ES cells; I Scel; Site specific recombinases

Indexed keywords

GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; FORECASTING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031716720     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/4.10.929     Document Type: Review

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