Resurrection of an alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase gene-targeted miniature pig by recloning using postmortem ear skin fibroblasts

Theriogenology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 933-939

  Ahn, Kwang Sung ^a   Kim, Young June ^a   Kim, Minjeong ^a   Lee, Bo Hyung ^a   Heo, Soon Young ^a   Kang, Man Jong ^b   Kang, Yong Kook ^c   Lee, Jeong Woong ^c   Lee, Kyung Kwang ^c   Kim, Jin Hoi ^d   Nho, Whan Gook ^e   Hwang, Sung Soo ^f   Woo, Jae Seok ^f   Park, Jin Ki ^f   Park, Soo Bong ^f   Shim, Hosup ^a,g  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)   (South Korea)

^d Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^e Korea National College of Agriculture and Fisheries   (South Korea)

^f National Institute of Animal Science   (South Korea)

^g BK21 Plus NBM Global Research Center for Regenerative Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alpha 1,3 galactosyltransferase; Gene targeting; Miniature pig; Nuclear transfer; Recloning

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CLONING; EAR; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE TARGETING; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MINIPIG; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SWINE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLONING, ORGANISM; EAR; EMBRYO TRANSFER; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GALACTOSYLTRANSFERASES; GENE TARGETING; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79951813797     PISSN: 0093691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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