Cautionary insights on knockout mouse studies: The gene or not the gene?

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-324

  Eisener Dorman, Amy F ^a,b   Lawrence, David A ^a,b   Bolivar, Valerie J ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Genetics; Interleukin; Knockout

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONGENIC STRAIN; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ANIMALS; GENE TARGETING; INTERLEUKIN-10; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 61549104499     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2008.09.001     Document Type: Review

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