Sperm-mediated gene transfer in mice

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 406-409

  Maione, Barbara ^a,b   Lavitrano, Marialuisa ^a   Spadafora, Corrado ^b   Kiessling, Ann A ^c,d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD INSTITUTES OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus; In vitro fertilization; Plasmid DNA; Southern blot; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS; GENE TRANSFER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SPERMATOZOA;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0031751361     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199808)50:4<406::AID-MRD4>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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