Overview: Generation of Gene Knockout Mice

Current Protocols in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 44, 2009, Pages

  Hall, Bradford ^a   Limaye, Advait ^a   Kulkarni, Ashok B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene knockout; Gene targeting; Homologous recombination

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; FLIPPASE; GANCICLOVIR; HERPESVIRUS VECTOR; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; KANAMYCIN KINASE; NEOMYCIN; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE; PLASMID DNA; RECOMBINASE; THYMIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS VECTOR;

CELL CLONING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA REPAIR; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DELETION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 70149109187     PISSN: 19342500     EISSN: 19342616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471143030.cb1912s44     Document Type: Review

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