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Gene Trapping in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells

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  1. Centre for Integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK

    Jane Brennan

  2. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK

    William C. Skarnes

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  1. Department of Craniofacial Development, King's College London, London, UK

    Paul T. Sharpe

  2. MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King's College London, London, UK

    Ivor Mason

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Brennan, J., Skarnes, W.C. (2008). Gene Trapping in Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells. In: Sharpe, P.T., Mason, I. (eds) Molecular Embryology. METHODS IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY™, vol 461. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-483-8_9

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