Stable long term germ-line transmission of transgene integration sites in mice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Aigner, Bernhard ^a   Fleischmann, Michaela ^b   Müller, Mathias ^a   Brem, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Abt Biotech in der Tierproduktion   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gene construct; Gene transfer; Heritability; Marker gene; Pigmentation

Indexed keywords

CROSS LINKING; GERM LINE; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; GERM CELLS; HOMOZYGOTE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE; PHENOTYPE; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0033084120     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008824028100     Document Type: Article

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