Inducible transgenic rat model for diabetes mellitus based on shRNA-mediated gene knockdown.

The rat is an important animal model in biomedical research, but gene targeting technology is not established for this species. Therefore, we aimed to produce transgenic knockdown rats using shRNA technology and pronuclear microinjection. To this purpose, we employed a tetracycline-inducible shRNA e...

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Main Authors: Katarina Kotnik, Elena Popova, Mihail Todiras, Marcelo A Mori, Natalia Alenina, Jost Seibler, Michael Bader
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19340286/pdf/?tool=EBI