Gene activation using FLP recombinase in C. elegans

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Davis, M Wayne ^a,b   Morton, J Jason ^c,d   Carroll, Dana ^c   Jorgensen, Erik M ^a,b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; SYNAPTOBREVIN; TETANUS TOXIN; DNA POLYMERASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; PRIMER DNA; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CATALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT SHOCK; LIGHT CHAIN; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE; GENETICS; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, HELMINTH; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TETANUS TOXIN;

EID: 41949138954     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000028     Document Type: Article

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