Animal model for benign prostatic disease
First Claim
1. A male transgenic mouse, whose germ cells and somatic cells contain an int-2 gene which is operably linked to a promoter effective for the expression of said gene in the urogenital tissues of said mouse and effective for the promotion of benign prostatic hyperplasia or hypertrophy in said mouse, said gene being introduced into said mouse, or an ancestor of said mouse, at an embryonic stage.
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Abstract
A male transgenic mouse containing germ cells and somatic cells which contain a recombinant gene which is a vertebrate gene in the int-2/FGF family which is capable of promoting benign prostatic hyperplasia or hypertrophy in said transgenic mouse, said gene being introduced into the mouse, or an ancestor of the mouse, at an embryonic stage.
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- 1. A male transgenic mouse, whose germ cells and somatic cells contain an int-2 gene which is operably linked to a promoter effective for the expression of said gene in the urogenital tissues of said mouse and effective for the promotion of benign prostatic hyperplasia or hypertrophy in said mouse, said gene being introduced into said mouse, or an ancestor of said mouse, at an embryonic stage.
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