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A mosaic analysis system with Cre or Tomato expression in the mouse.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 10 Nov 2020
Wang Qun, Lin Yen-Yu, Zhang Baojun, Wu Jianxuan, Roy Sumedha, Ratiu Jeremy J, Xu Yanping, Dai Meifang, Hale Laura P, Xiong Yue, Li Qi-Jing, Zhuang Yuan
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations are major genetic contributors to cancers and many other age-related diseases. Many disease-causing somatic mutations can initiate clonal growth prior to the appearance of any disease symptoms, yet experimental models that can be used to examine clonal abnormalities are limited. We describe a mosaic analysis system with Cre or Tomato (MASCOT) for tracking mutant cells and demonstrate its utility...
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