Effective chemical mutagenesis in FVB/N mice requires low doses of ethylnitrosourea

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 308-310

  Davis, Allan Peter ^a   Woychik, Richard P ^a,b   Justice, Monica J ^a,c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MUTAGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE STERILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS SIZE; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENS;

EID: 0032788054     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003359900992     Document Type: Article

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