The lacI gene as a target for mutation in transgenic rodents and Escherichia coli

Genetics

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1441-1451

  De Boer, Johan G ^a   Glickman, Barry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; DELETION MUTANT; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE TARGETING; MUTAGENICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; COLOR; DNA; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLAQUE ASSAY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RODENTIA; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031953259     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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