Transposase is the only nematpde protein required for in vitro transposition of Tc1

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 755-761

  Vos, Jan C ^a   De Baere, Ivo ^a   Plasterk, Ronald H A ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C. elegans; In vitro transposition; Tc1; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEMATODA;

DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ENZYME ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 0029930255     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.6.755     Document Type: Article

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