Generation of transgenic mice with megabase-sized human yeast artificial chromosomes by yeast spheroplast–embryonic stem cell fusion

Nature Protocols

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1567-1582

  Li, Liangping ^a,b   Blankenstein, Thomas ^a,c  

^a MAX DELBRÜCK CENTER FOR MOLECULAR MEDICINE   (Germany)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; PROCEDURES; SPHEROPLAST; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; SPHEROPLASTS;

EID: 84894478271     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2013.093     Document Type: Article

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