Pluripotent stem cells and other technologies will eventually open the door for straightforward gene targeting in the rat

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 2, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 341-343

  Voigt, Birger ^a   Serikawa, Tadao ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHYLNITROSOUREA; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MODEL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLASTOCYST; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; IPS; MAMMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLASTOCYST; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; RATS; ZINC FINGERS;

EID: 70349776476     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.002824     Document Type: Note

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