Beyond knockouts: the International Knockout Mouse Consortium delivers modular and evolving tools for investigating mammalian genes

Mammalian Genome

Volumn 26, Issue 9-10, 2015, Pages 456-466

  Rosen, B ^a   Schick, J ^b   Wurst, W ^b,c,d,e  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE;

ALLELE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GENE CASSETTE; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL KNOCKOUT MOUSE CONSORTIUM; INTERNET; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAMMAL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION MEDIATED CASSETTE EXCHANGE; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENETICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION;

ANIMALS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; MUTATION;

EID: 84943818659     PISSN: 09388990     EISSN: 14321777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00335-015-9598-3     Document Type: Review

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