Generation of minipigs with targeted transgene insertion by recombinase-mediated cassette exchange (RMCE) and somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT)

Transgenic Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 709-723

  Jakobsen, Jannik Ejnar ^a   Johansen, Marianne G ^a   Schmidt, Mette ^b   Dagnæs Hansen, Frederik ^a   Dam, Karen ^a   Gunnarsson, Anders ^a   Liu, Ying ^a   Kragh, Peter M ^a   Li, Rong ^a   Holm, Ida E ^c   Callesen, Henrik ^a   Mikkelsen, Jacob Giehm ^a   Nielsen, Anders Lade ^a   Jørgensen, Arne Lund ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c RANDERS REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disease models; RMCE; SCNT; Sleeping Beauty; Targeted transgenesis; Transgenic pigs

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PRESENILIN 1; PSEN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RECOMBINASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MINIPIG; SWINE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FIBROBLASTS; GENOME; HUMANS; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; PRESENILIN-1; RECOMBINASES; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84880507270     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-012-9671-6     Document Type: Article

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