Expression of the murine wild-type tyrosinase gene in transgenic rabbits.

doi:10.1007/BF01980205

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Expression of the murine wild-type tyrosinase gene in transgenic rabbits.

Transgenic research - 1 Nov 1996

Aigner B, Besenfelder U, Seregi J, Frenyo L V, Sahin-Toth T, Brem G

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The tyrosinase gene is known to be essential for melanization and has been shown to rescue pigmentation in albino mice. Previously we have described the strict copy-number-dependent expression of a murine wild-type tyrosinase gene construct over several generations in transgenic mice. In this stu...

Topics

Animals
Animals, Genetically Modified
Female
Founder Effect
Gene Expression Regulation
Gene Frequency
Genetic Markers
Homozygote
Mice
Monophenol Monooxygenase
Pedigree
Phenotype
Pregnancy
Rabbits
Recombinant Proteins

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