Spontaneous mutation of the lacl transgene in rodents: Absence of species, strain, and insertion-site influence

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 141-146

  Zhang, Shulin ^a   Glickman, Barry W ^a   De Boer, Johan G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Different rodent species; Lacl transgene; Spontaneous mutation

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; REPORTER GENE; RODENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENETICS; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LACI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PRIMER DNA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MUTATION; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 0034744997     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.1021     Document Type: Article

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