Usually means: Genetically engineered mouse, gene deactivated.
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▸ noun:  (biology, genetics) Any of several forms of mice that have been genetically engineered by inactivating specific genes

Similar:
knockdown, deletant, silencing, silencer, Sleeping Beauty, molecular knife, suppressor, mutant protein, lethal gene, corepressor, more...

Opposite:
wild-type mouse, normal mouse, non-mutant mouse

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Similar:
knockdown, deletant, silencing, silencer, Sleeping Beauty, molecular knife, suppressor, mutant protein, lethal gene, corepressor, more...

Opposite:
wild-type mouse, normal mouse, non-mutant mouse



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