The mouse genetics toolkit: Revealing function and mechanism

Genome Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  van der Weyden, Louise ^a   White, Jacqueline K ^a   Adams, David J ^a   Logan, Darren W ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INTERNET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE; MOUSE GENOME; MOUSE STRAIN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOMICS; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; GENOMICS; MICE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 79959572206     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gb-2011-12-6-224     Document Type: Review

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