Effective RNAi-mediated β2-microglobulin loss of function by transgenesis in Xenopus laevis

Biology Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 335-342

  Nedelkovska, Hristina ^a   Edholm, Eva Stina ^a   Haynes, Nikesha ^a   Robert, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; I SceI meganuclease; Immunology; MHC class I; RNA interference; T cell development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84965053940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20466390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/bio.20133483     Document Type: Article

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