Practical and theoretical issues in gene-targeting studies and their application to behaviour

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-13

  Hagan, Jim J ^a   Harper, Alex J ^a   Elliott, Heather ^a   Jones, Declan N C ^a   Rogers, Derek C ^a  

^a GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

129 Sv; Animal health; BALB c; Breeding; C3H; C57BL 6; Caging; CBA Ca; DBA 2; Housing; Inbred mouse strains; Knockout mice; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BREEDING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE CONTROL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; INBRED STRAIN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0033986763     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.2000.11.1.3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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