Ballistic transformation of Caenorhabditis elegans

Gene

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 31-35

  Wilm, Thomas ^a   Demel, Petra ^b   Koop, Hans Ulrich ^b   Schnabel, Heinke ^a   Schnabel, Ralf ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gold particle; Helium gun

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HELIUM; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENOME; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOLISTICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; COLLAGEN; GOLD; HELIUM; HELMINTH PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MUTATION; PARTICLE SIZE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0033580426     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00043-8     Document Type: Article

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