To knockout in 129 or in C57BL/6: That is the question

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 59-62

  Seong, Eunju ^a   Saunders, Thomas L ^b   Stewart, Colin L ^c   Burmeister, Margit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKCROSSING; BLASTOCYST; BREEDING; CHIMERA; EMBRYO CELL; GENE TARGETING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MOUSE MUTANT; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL;

EID: 1642513709     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2003.12.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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