Enhancer detection in the ascidian Ciona intestinalis with transposase-expressing lines of Minos

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-50

  Sasakura, Yasunori ^a   Konno, Aru ^a   Mizuno, Katsutoshi ^a   Satoh, Nori ^b   Inaba, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enhancer trap; mariner; Remobilization; Tc1; Transposon; Tunicates

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; ASCIDIACEA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SPERM; TESTIS; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CIONA INTESTINALIS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOZOA; TESTIS; TRANSPOSASES;

ANIMALIA; ASCIDIA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 38149064451     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21333     Document Type: Article

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