Genetic modification of primordial germ cells by gene trapping, gene targeting, and φC31 integrase

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1163-1175

  Leighton, Philip A ^a   Van De Lavoir, Marie Cecile ^a   Diamond, Jennifer H ^a   Xia, Chunyao ^a   Etches, Robert J ^a  

^a Origen Therapeutics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; Germline stem cells; HS4 insulator; Transgenic chickens

Indexed keywords

BETA GLOBIN; INTEGRASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICK EMBRYO; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, CIRCULAR; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELLS; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 44849140676     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20859     Document Type: Article

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