Engineering mouse models to investigate the function of imprinting

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 294-303

  John, Rosalind M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gene dosage; Genomic imprinting; Transgenic technologies

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 7; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; GENOME IMPRINTING; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; GENE DOSAGE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 77955359498     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: 14774062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elq010     Document Type: Article

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