N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea mutagenesis: Boarding the mouse mutant express

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 426-439

  Cordes, Sabine P ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INBRED STRAIN; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; MALE; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTAGENS;

EID: 24944439196     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.69.3.426-439.2005     Document Type: Review

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