Chest pain and shortness of breath if blood clots form in the blood vessels in your lungs and heart. Pain, redness, warmth, and swelling in the lower leg if blood clots form in the deep veins of your leg. Headaches, speech changes, paralysis (an inability to move), dizziness, and trouble speaking and understanding if blood clots form in the blood vessels in your brain. These signs and symptoms may indicate a stroke.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. A gene knockout (abbreviation: KO) is a genetic technique in which one of an organism 's genes is made inoperative (knocked out of the organism). knockout mouse (left) that is a model of obesity, compared with a normal mouse. A conditional knockout allows gene deletion in a tissue or time specific manner. This is done by introducing short sequences called loxP sites around the gene.
The technique has been used to make several thousand different knockout mice. Knockout mice have become one of the most useful scientific tools in helping to understand the human genome and its roles in disease. The process of gene targeting involves two processes. First a vector must be constructed.