A method for the generation of conditional gene repair mutations in mice

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Dragatsis, Ioannis ^a   Zeitlin, Scott ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA; HDH PROTEIN, MOUSE; INTEGRASE; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONDITIONAL GENE REPAIR MUTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRE GENE; DNA REPAIR; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE KNOCKOUT; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; HDH GENE; HOMOZYGOTE; INTRON; LETHALITY; LOXP GENE; MOUSE; MUTANT; NEOSTOP GENE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; INTEGRASES; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA; TRANSFECTION; VIRAL PROTEINS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 0035258737     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/29.3.e10     Document Type: Article

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