Gene targeting in mice: A review

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1064, Issue , 2013, Pages 315-336

  Bouabe, Hicham ^a   Okkenhaug, Klaus ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cre loxP; ES cell lines; FRT FLP; Gene targeting; Knockout mice; MultiSite Gateway Cloning; Reporter mice; Targeting vector; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CRE RECOMBINASE;

CELL MUTANT; CLONING VECTOR; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE LOCUS; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LOXP SITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; TRANSGENE; VIRUS PATHOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE TARGETING; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; TRANSGENES; VIRUSES;

EID: 84884171118     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-601-6_23     Document Type: Review

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