A resource of vectors and ES cells for targeted deletion of microRNAs in mice

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 840-845

  Prosser, Haydn M ^a   Koike Yusa, Hiroko ^a   Cooper, James D ^a   Law, Frances C ^a   Bradley, Allan ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELIC VARIANTS; COLOR MARKERS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ES CELLS; GERMLINE; MICRORNAS; MUTANT ALLELES; PROTEIN-CODING GENES; PUBLIC RESOURCES; RESEARCH TOOLS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

GENES; MAMMALS; STEM CELLS;

CLONE CELLS;

KANAMYCIN; MICRORNA; NEOMYCIN; PUROMYCIN;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CELL CLONE; CHIMERA; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; KNOCKOUT GENE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE DELETION; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VECTORS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RECOMBINASES;

MUS;

EID: 80052758645     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.1929     Document Type: Article

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