Generation of a Germ Cell Nuclear Factor Conditional Allele in Mice

Genesis

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 172-179

  Lan, Zi Jian ^a   Xu, Xueping ^a   Cooney, Austin J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cre loxP; Gene; Germline deletion; Knockout; Oocyte

Indexed keywords

GERM CELL NUCLEAR FACTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GERM LINE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTIS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO; EXONS; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VECTORS; GONADS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STEM CELLS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0346725976     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10239     Document Type: Article

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