Modeling chromosomes in mouse to explore the function of genes, genomic disorders, and chromosomal organization

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 0911-0919

  Brault, Véronique ^a   Pereira, Patricia ^a   Duchon, Arnaud ^a   Hérault, Yann ^a  

^a Laboratoire d'Immunologie et Embryologie Moleculaires Orleans   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE;

ANEUPLOIDY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYO; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; STEM CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANEUPLOIDY; ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES; EMBRYO; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33746659123     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0020086     Document Type: Review

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