Transformation of Dictyostelium discoideum with plasmid DNA

Nature Protocols

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1317-1324

  Gaudet, Pascale ^a   Pilcher, Karen E ^a   Fey, Petra ^a   Chisholm, Rex L ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLASTICIDIN S; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; GENOMIC DNA; PLASMID DNA; PROTOZOAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; DNA INTEGRATION; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CULTIVATION; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOAL GENETICS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM PHOSPHATES; DICTYOSTELIUM; DNA; ELECTROPORATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

DICTYOSTELIUM; DICTYOSTELIUM DISCOIDEUM; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 34250765348     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2007.179     Document Type: Article

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