Pitfalls of PCR-based strategy for genotyping cre-loxP mice

BioTechniques

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-282

  Zhang, Jihui ^a   Liu, Wen ^a   Ye, Ping ^a   D'Ercole, A Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA; INTEGRASE; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; LETTER; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOTYPE; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSGENES;

EID: 34248596317     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/000112429     Document Type: Letter

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