The Scid Mouse
Subtitle: Characterization and Potential Uses
By: edited by Melvin J. Bosma, Robert A. Phillips, Walter Schuler
Contributors: Phillips, Robert A.; Schuler, W. (Walter)
Series: Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology -- 152; Current topics in microbiology and immunology -- 152.
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9783642749766; 9783642749742
Subjects: Internal medicine; Oncology; Immunology; Medicine; Allergy; Biomedical engineering
Other titles: EMBO Workshop held at the Basel Institute for Immunology, Basel, Switzerland, February 20-22, 1989
Description: This is the first book to focus on the use of the scid mouse in biomedical science which summarizes all of the current research. It provides an up-to-date, comprehensive, and critical appraisal of the strengths and weaknesses of this unusual mouse mutant as a model in various areas in basic and medical research.
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Table of contents: title: General Phenotype/Cellular Characterization; title: General Phenotype/Molecular Characterization; title: Introduction of Functional Ig or TCR Transgenes; title: Leaky Phenotypes; title: Potential Uses: Engraftment with Syngeneic Mouse Cells; title: Potential Uses: Engraftment with Human Tissues and Cells; title: Potential Uses: Models For Studies of Immune Function.