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Review
. 2005 Oct;14(5):531-46.
doi: 10.1007/s11248-005-5077-z.

Transgenic modifications of the rat genome

Laurent Tesson  1 , Jean Cozzi, Séverine Ménoret, Séverine Rémy, Claire Usal, Alexandre Fraichard, Ignacio Anegon
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Review

Transgenic modifications of the rat genome

Laurent Tesson et al. Transgenic Res. 2005 Oct.

Abstract

The laboratory rat (R. norvegicus) is a very important experimental animal in several fields of biomedical research. This review describes the various techniques that have been used to generate transgenic rats: classical DNA microinjection and more recently described techniques such as lentiviral vector-mediated DNA transfer into early embryos, sperm-mediated transgenesis, embryo cloning by nuclear transfer and germline mutagenesis. It will also cover techniques associated to transgenesis such as sperm cryopreservation, embryo freezing and determination of zygosity. The availability of several technologies allowing genetic manipulation in the rat coupled to genomic data will allow biomedical research to fully benefit from the rat as an experimental animal.

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