Predictable mosaic transgene expression in ascidian embryos produced with a simple electroporation device

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 235, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1921-1932

  Zeller, Robert W ^a,b   Virata, Michael J ^b   Cone, Angela C ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascidian embryo; Cell lineage; Ciona intestinalis; DsRed; Electroporation; Electroporator; Green fluorescent protein; Transgenic embryo

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CELL FATE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DEVICE; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL LINEAGE; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENES, REPORTER; TRANSGENES; UROCHORDATA;

ASCIDIA; ASCIDIACEA;

EID: 33745176237     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.20815     Document Type: Article

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