Transgenic mice as models for heritable diseases.

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Transgenic mice as models for heritable diseases.

Annals of medicine - 1 Apr 1992

Metsäranta M, Vuorio E

Abstract excerpt

The development of methods for introduction of foreign DNA stably into genome of experimental animals has opened new possibilities to study the effects of mutations in complex gene-protein systems at the level of the entire organism. Information from such experiments is directly applicable to und...

Topics

Animals
Collagen
Genes
Genes, Dominant
Genes, Recessive
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Linkage
Mice
Mice, Transgenic
Mutation
Stem Cells

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