| Literature DB >> 18361795 |
Gabriela Pacholczyk1, Rupali Suhag, Magdalena Mazurek, Suzanne M Dederscheck, Pandelakis A Koni.
Abstract
The International Mouse Knockout Consortium aims to generate a knockout mouse for every single gene on a C57BL/6 background. Our ability to generate such mice is hampered by the poor economics of producing blastocysts to achieve germline transmission of C57BL/6 embryonic stem (ES) cells. We demonstrate superior utility of (C3H x BALB/c)F1 blastocysts compared with BALB/c blastocysts, with blastocyst numbers and germline transmission from subsequent chimeras at a rate 2- to 3-fold higher than that produced with BALB/c blastocysts.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18361795 DOI: 10.2144/000112706
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biotechniques ISSN: 0736-6205 Impact factor: 1.993