The particle inflow gun can be used to co-transform Paramecium using tungsten particles

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-19

  Fraga, Dean ^a   Keenan, Erica ^a   Hendel, Emily ^a   Nair, Anjali ^a   Schofield, Whit ^a  

^a The College of Wooster   (United States)

Author keywords

Biolistic transformation; DNA precipitation upon tungsten; Phenotypic rescue; Transformation

Indexed keywords

NEOMYCIN; PROTOZOAL DNA; TUNGSTEN;

TRANSFORMATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; DRUG RESISTANCE; EVALUATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PARAMECIUM; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMID;

ANIMALS; BIOLISTICS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DRUG RESISTANCE; MUTATION; NEOMYCIN; PARAMECIUM; PARTICLE SIZE; PLASMIDS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TUNGSTEN;

PARAMECIUM;

EID: 33645120542     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2005.00067.x     Document Type: Article

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