SpringerProtocols: Abstract: 8. Cre Recombinase Mediated Alterations of the Mouse Genome Using Embryonic Stem Cells

8. Cre Recombinase Mediated Alterations of the Mouse Genome Using Embryonic Stem Cells

By: Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis⁴, Melinda Pirity⁵, András Nagy⁵

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Affiliation(s): (4) Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
(5) Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Book Title: Molecular Embryology: Methods and Protocols

Series: Methods in Molecular Biology | Volume: 461 | Pub. Date: Jul-01-2008 | Page Range: 111-132 | DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-483-8_8

Subject: Cell Biology

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