Germ line transmission and expression of a lacZ containing transgene in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Transgenic Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 87-95

  Alam, M D Samsul ^a   Popplewell, Andrew ^b   Maclean, Norman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carp actinlacZ; Expression; Microinjection; Transgenic tilapia; Transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030039107     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01969426     Document Type: Article

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