Characterization of Mos1-mediated mutagenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans: A method for the rapid identification of mutated genes

Genetics

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1779-1785

  Williams, Daniel C ^a   Boulin, Thomas ^b,c   Ruaud, Anne Françoise ^b   Jorgensen, Erik M ^a   Bessereau, Jean Louis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MUTAGEN; TRANSPOSASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GERM CELL; INDUCED MUTATION; MOS1; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 17444383389     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.038265     Document Type: Article

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