Systematic approaches to mouse mutagenesis

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 268-273

  Brown, Steve D M ^a   Balling, Rudi ^b  

^a MRC MAMMALIAN GENETICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

CRYOPRESERVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

HARNESS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035370789     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00189-1     Document Type: Review

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