Spatial and temporal 'knock down' of gene expression by electroporation of double-stranded RNA and morpholinos into early postimplantation mouse embryos

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 57-63

  Mellitzer, Georg ^a,b   Hallonet, Marc ^a   Chen, Lan ^a   Ang, Siew Lan ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Double stranded RNA; Electroporation; Forebrain; Foxa2; Midbrain; Morpholino; Mouse; Node; Otx2; Postimplantation

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3BETA; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; FOXA2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; OTX2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PHOTOPROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR OTX;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; GENE FUNCTION; GERM LAYER; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DOSE RESPONSE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTOSE OPERON; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; TIME; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 3-BETA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LAC OPERON; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OTX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0036806941     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(02)00191-0     Document Type: Article

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