An Fgf8 mutant allelic series generated by Cre-and Flp-mediated recombination

Nature Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 136-141

  Meyers, Erik N ^a   Lewandoski, Mark ^a   Martin, Gail R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTRULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABNORMALITIES; ACTINS; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 8; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; GENE LIBRARY; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0031916557     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0298-136     Document Type: Article

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