In vivo gene electroporation confers strong transient expression of foreign genes in the chicken testis

Poultry Science

Volumn 79, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1116-1119

  Sugihara, K ^a   Park, H M ^a   Muramatsu, T ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Chicken testis; Chloramphenicol aceyltransferase activity; Foreign gene expression; In vivo gene electroporation

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; LUCIFERASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; TESTIS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHLORAMPHENICOL O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0034242966     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/79.8.1116     Document Type: Article

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