Isolation of Caenorhabditis elegans gene knockouts by PCR screening of chemically mutagenized libraries

Nature Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2231-2240

  Lesa, Giovanni M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE DELETION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MUTAGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; GENOMIC LIBRARY; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 34548822399     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2006.345     Document Type: Article

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