Strain-dependent differences in the efficiency of transgenic mouse production

Transgenic Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-69

  Auerbach, Anna B ^a   Norinsky, Rada ^a   Ho, Weilan ^a   Losos, Kasia ^a   Guo, Qiuxia ^a   Chatterjee, Samprit ^c   Joyner, Alexandra L ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg donor; Mouse genetic backgrounds; Mouse strains; Pronuclear microinjection; Transgenesis; Transgenic mouse production

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; DNA; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; OVUM; PREGNANCY;

MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038185150     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022166921766     Document Type: Article

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