Direct evidence that transgene integration is random in murine cells, implying that naturally occurring double-strand breaks may be distributed similarly within the genome

Radiation Research

Volumn 149, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-329

  Dellaire, Graham ^a   Chartrand, Pierre ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HYGROMYCIN;

ACROCENTRIC CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICENTRIC CHROMOSOME; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA DAMAGE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE;

EID: 0031947120     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3579693     Document Type: Article

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