Article
Enhanced genetic integrity in mouse germ cells.
Biology of reproduction - 1 Jan 2013
Murphey Patricia, McLean Derek J, McMahan C Alex, Walter Christi A, McCarrey John R
Abstract excerpt
Genetically based diseases constitute a major human health burden, and de novo germline mutations represent a source of heritable genetic alterations that can cause such disorders in offspring. The availability of transgenic rodent systems with recoverable, mutation reporter genes has been used to assess the occurrence of spontaneous point mutations in germline cells. Previous studies using the lacI mutation...
Topics
- Animals
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Reporter
- Germ Cells
- Lac Repressors
- Liver
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Mutation
- Oocytes
- Sertoli Cells
- Spermatogonia
- Thy-1 Antigens
