An oak ridge legacy: The specific locus test and its role in mouse mutagenesis

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-12

  Davis, Allan Peter ^a   Justice, Monica J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ALLELISM; ANIMAL CELL; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TISSUE CULTURE;

ANIMALS; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; GENE TARGETING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; RADIATION GENETICS;

EID: 0031882135     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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