Requirements for green fluorescent protein detection in transgenic zebrafish embryos

Gene

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-103

  Amsterdam, Adam ^a   Lin, Shuo ^a   Moss, Larry G ^b   Hopkins, Nancy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Elongation factor 1 ; Epifluorescence; Germ line; GFP; Microinjection

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLUORESCENT DYE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FLUORESCENCE; GENE NUMBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RECOMBINANT GENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029973645     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00719-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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