Nuclear localization signals enhance germline transmission of a transgene in zebrafish

Transgenic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-309

  Collas, Philippe ^a   Aleström, Peter ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Danio rerio; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Nuclear import; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GERMLINE TRANSGENE TRANSMISSION; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PLASMID DNA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; PLASMIDS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0032125383     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008826230315     Document Type: Article

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