Production of transgenic rodents by the microinjection of cloned DNA into fertilized one-cell eggs

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology - Part B Molecular Biotechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 151-182

  San, Ling Si Hoe ^b   Wells, Sara ^b   Murphy, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cryopreservation; In vitro fertilization; Microinjection; Oviduct transfer; Superovulation; Transgenic mice; Transgenic rats

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; MICROINJECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RAT; REVIEW; SUPEROVULATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROINJECTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; OVULATION INDUCTION; PREGNANCY; RATS; VASECTOMY; ZYGOTE;

EID: 0035020652     PISSN: 10736085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MB:17:2:151     Document Type: Review

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