Vector Design for Transgene Expression

Transgenic Animal Technology: A Laboratory Handbook: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 419-458

  Houdebine, L M ^a   Attal, J ^a   Vilotte, J L ^a  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

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