DNA transposons in vertebrate functional genomics

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 629-641

  Miskey, C ^a   Izsvak Z ^a,b   Kawakami, K ^c   Ivics, Z ^a  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Functional genomics; Gene trapping; Mouse; Mutagenesis; Transgenesis; Transposon; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; FISH; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSON; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; TRANSPOSASES;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 17044435138     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-004-4232-7     Document Type: Review

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