Comparison of mutant frequencies at the transgenic lambda lacl and cll/cl loci in control and ENU-treated Big Blue® mice

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 249-256

  Zimmer, D M ^b   Harbach, P R ^b   Mattes, W B ^b   Aaron, C S ^a,b  

^a PFIZER INC   (United States)

^b Pharmacia and Upjohn   (United States)

Author keywords

ENU; Lambda cll cl; Lambda lacl; Transgenic mutation

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; GENETIC MARKERS; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SPLEEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY;

ANIMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032907234     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1999)33:3<249::AID-EM9>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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