Transgenic medaka with brilliant fluorescence in skeletal muscle under normal light

Fisheries Science

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 645-649

  Kinoshita, Masato ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Green fluorescent protein; Medaka; Red fluorescent protein; Skeletal muscle actin; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

ORYZIAS;

EID: 4444335571     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-2906.2004.00852.x     Document Type: Article

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