Production of Brown/Yellow Patches in the SLC7A11 Transgenic Sheep via Testicular Injection of Transgene

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 281-285

  He, Xin ^a   Li, Hongtao ^b   Zhou, Zhiyong ^a   Zhao, Zongsheng ^b   Li, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (China)

^b SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Colored wool; Melanin; SLC7A11 (xCT); Testicular injection; Transgenic sheep

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHEOMELANIN; PROTEIN SLC7A11; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MELANOGENESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC SHEEP; WOOL;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM Y+; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; SHEEP; TRANSGENES;

AGOUTI; HERPESVIRIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84863091770     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2012.04.005     Document Type: Article

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