Two-color GFP expression system for C. elegans

BioTechniques

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 914-921

  Miller, D M ^a   Desai, N S ^a   Hardin, D C ^a   Piston, D W ^b   Patterson, G H ^b   Fleenor, J ^b   Xu, S ^a   Fire, A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC CODE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 0032914618     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/99265rr01     Document Type: Article

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