Transgenesis procedures in Xenopus

Biology of the Cell

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 503-529

  Chesneau, Albert ^a,b   Sachs, Laurent M ^b   Chai, Norin ^c   Chen, Yonglong ^d,e   Du Pasquier, Louis ^f   Loeber, Jana ^d   Pollet, Nicolas ^a,b   Reilly, Michael ^g   Weeks, Daniel L ^h   Bronchain, Odile J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e GUANGZHOU INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic modification; I Scel meganuclease; phi C31 integrase; Restriction enzyme mediated integration (REMI); Transgenesis workshop; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

INTEGRASE;

BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL SELECTION; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PLOIDY; POSITION EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SPERM; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSON; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 50949122940     PISSN: 02484900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BC20070148     Document Type: Review

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