Resurrection of DNA function in vivo from an extinct genome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Pask, Andrew J ^a,b   Behringer, Richard R ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DNA; PROCOLLAGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARTILAGE CELL; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; EXTINCT SPECIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORTHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE FIXATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; TRANSGENICS; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GENOME; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; THYLACINUS CYNOCEPHALUS;

ANIMALS; DNA; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; GENOME; MARSUPIALIA; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

EID: 48249090058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002240     Document Type: Article

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