Xenopus laevis transgenesis by sperm nuclear injection

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2195-2203

  Smith, Stuart J ^a   Fairclough, Lynne ^a   Latinkic, Branko V ^b   Sparrow, Duncan B ^c   Mohun, Timothy J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c VICTOR CHANG CARDIAC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; INTRACYTOPLASMIC SPERM INJECTION; METHODOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL NUCLEUS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; SPERM INJECTIONS, INTRACYTOPLASMIC; TRANSFECTION; TRANSGENES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 34548083506     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.325     Document Type: Article

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