Unintentional miRNA ablation is a risk factor in gene knockout studies: A short report

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Osokine, Ivan ^a   Hsu, Ruby ^a   Loeb, Gabriel B ^a   McManus, Michael T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA;

ARTICLE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; INTRON; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; ANIMAL; CELL LINE; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PHENOTYPE;

MAMMALIA; MURINAE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; INTRONS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICRORNAS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 40149087371     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.0040034     Document Type: Article

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