Ex ovo electroporation for gene transfer into older chicken embryos

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 233, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1470-1477

  Luo, Jiankai ^a   Redies, Christoph ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chicken embryo; Development; Electroporation; Ex ovo culture; Gene function; Gene transfer

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICK EMBRYO; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN; VITELLINE MEMBRANE;

AGING; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BRAIN; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTRODES; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; PLASMIDS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 22244450647     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20454     Document Type: Article

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