Contemporary approaches for modifying the mouse genome

Physiological Genomics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-238

  Adams, David J ^a,b   Van Der Weyden, Louise ^a,b  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryonic stem cells; Gene targeting; Mutagenesis; Transposons

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

MUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 57049096639     PISSN: 10948341     EISSN: 15312267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiolgenomics.90242.2008     Document Type: Review

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