Generation of T-cell receptor retrogenic mice

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 406-417

  Holst, Jeff ^a   Szymczak Workman, Andrea L ^a   Vignali, Kate M ^a   Burton, Amanda R ^a   Workman, Creg J ^a   Vignali, Dario A A ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE TRANSFER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; RETROVIRUS; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; RETROVIRIDAE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 34250642773     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.61     Document Type: Article

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