Applications of avian transgenesis

ILAR Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 353-361

  Scott, Benjamin B ^a   Velho, Tarciso A ^b   Sim, Shuyin ^c   Lois, Carlos ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biopharmaceutical; Chicken; Gene transfer; Germline; Lentivirus; Poultry; Song learning; Transgenic; Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; LENTIVIRUS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

EID: 78649653303     PISSN: 10842020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ilar.51.4.353     Document Type: Review

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