Isolation and microinjection of somatic cell-derived mitochondria and germline heteroplasmy in transmitochondrial mice

Transgenic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-123

  Irwin, Michael H ^a   Johnson, Larry W ^a   Pinkert, Carl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heteroplasmy; Microinjection; Mitochondria; Transmitochondrial mice

Indexed keywords

HETEROPLASMY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; CELL FRACTIONATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROINJECTIONS; MITOCHONDRIA, LIVER; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0033117462     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008925419758     Document Type: Article

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