Production of homozygous α-1,3-galactosyltransferase knockout pigs by breeding and somatic cell nuclear transfer

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-344

  Nottle, Mark B ^a,e   Beebe, Luke F S ^a   Harrison, Sharon J ^a   McIlfatrick, Stephen M ^a   Ashman, Rodney J ^a   O'Connell, Phillip J ^b   Salvaris, Evelyn J ^c   Fisicaro, Nella ^c   Pommey, Sandra ^c   Cowan, Peter J ^c,d   D'Apice, Anthony J F ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Immunology Research Centre   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gal; Nuclear transfer; Pig; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1,3 GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL CULTURE; CELL TRANSFER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FETUS; FIBROBLAST; HETEROZYGOTE; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL THERAPY; SWINE;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, INBRED STRAINS; FIBROBLASTS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; SWINE; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 34547454753     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: 13993089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2007.00417.x     Document Type: Article

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