Embryo culture-based generation of enhanced green fluorescent protein-transgenic mice

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 303, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 994-1001

  Devgan, Vikram ^a   Thomas, Monzy ^a   Ullas, Kolathur S ^a   Rao, Manchanahalli R S ^a   Seshagiri, Polani B ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Embryo culture based transgenesis; Enhanced green fluorescent protein; Gene silencing; Mosaicism; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CULTURE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSGENICS;

CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0344211455     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)00483-2     Document Type: Article

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