Substitution of the α-lactalbumin transcription unit by a CAT cDNA within a BAC clone silenced the locus in transgenic mice without affecting the physically linked Cyclin T1 gene

Genetics Selection Evolution

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 239-247

  Soulier, Solange ^a   Hudrisier, Marthe ^a   Da Silva, José Costa ^a   Maeder, Caroline ^a   Viglietta, Céline ^a   Besnard, Nathalie ^a   Vilotte, Jean Luc ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial artificial chromosome; Chromatin domain; Homologous recombination; Intron; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

GENETICS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAPRA HIRCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUS MUSCULUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038711002     PISSN: 0999193X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/gse:2003006     Document Type: Article

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