An unstable targeted allele of the mouse Mitf gene with a high somatic and germline reversion rate

Genetics

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 259-272

  Bismuth, Keren ^a,d   Skuntz, Susan ^a   Hallsson, Jón H ^b   Pak, Evgenia ^c   Dutra, Amalia S ^c   Steingrímsson, Eiríkur ^b   Arnheiter, Heinz ^a,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^c NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UMR 787S   (France)

^e Porter Neuroscience Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROPHTHALMIA ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; GENE FREQUENCY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOUSE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVERTANT; STEM CELL;

ALANINE; ALLELES; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOTE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTRONS; MALE; MICE; MICROPHTHALMIA-ASSOCIATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NEOMYCIN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SERINE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 40849120251     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.107.081893     Document Type: Article

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