Sperm mediated gene transfer in pig: Selection of donor boars and optimization of DNA uptake

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 284-291

  Lavitrano, MariaLuisa ^a,b   Forni, Monica ^c   Bacci, Maria Laura ^c   Di Stefano, Carla ^a   Varzi, Vincenzo ^a   Wang, Hongjun ^a   Seren, Eraldo ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Capacitation; SMGT; Sperm cells; Transgenic pigs; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING METHOD; CELL MOTILITY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FEMALE; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC SELECTION; MALE; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPERM DONOR; SPERM MEDIATED GENE TRANSFER; SWINE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA; FEMALE; MALE; OVUM; SPERMATOZOA; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 12244283070     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.10230     Document Type: Article

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