Generation of Ci-Brachyury-GFP stable transgenic lines in the ascidian Ciona savignyi

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 248-259

  Deschet, Karine ^a   Nakatani, Yuki ^a   Smith, William C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian; I SceI; Microinjection; Mutant; Notochord morphogenesis; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTION; CIONA SAVIGNYI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC STABILITY; INHERITANCE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOSAICISM; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NOTOCHORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENE; UROCHORDATA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; CIONA SAVIGNYI;

EID: 0038077268     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10195     Document Type: Article

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