Rapid targeting of plasmid DNA to zebrafish embryo nuclei by the nuclear localization signal of SV40 T antigen

Molecular Marine Biology and Biotechnology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 48-58

  Collas, Philippe ^a   Aleström, Peter ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; LUCIFERASE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PHOSPHORUS; PRIMER DNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS T ANTIGEN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REPORTER GENE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTIGENS, VIRAL, TUMOR; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; MALE; OOCYTES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PHOSPHORUS RADIOISOTOPES; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIOISOTOPE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0031106046     PISSN: 10536426     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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