Vagaries of conditional gene targeting

Nature Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 665-668

  Schmidt Supprian, Marc ^a   Rajewsky, Klaus ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA;

B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CELL MATURATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTOXICITY; GERM LINE; LOXP SITE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOCYTE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; INTEGRASES; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 34250694086     PISSN: 15292908     EISSN: 15292916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ni0707-665     Document Type: Note

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