Tracing retinal fiber trajectory with a method of transposon-mediated genomic integration in chick embryo

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 697-702

  Harada, Hidekiyo ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiko ^b   Kawakami, Koich ^c   Ogura, Toshihiko ^a   Nakamura, Harukazu ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axonal tracing; Chick embryo; Optic tectum; pT2K CAGGS vector; Retinal fiber trajectory

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSPOSASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ELECTRODE; ELECTROPORATION; EMBRYO; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE CASSETTE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENOME; NERVE TRACT; NONHUMAN; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC TECTUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINA NERVE CELL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CHICK EMBRYO; ELECTROPORATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENOME; NERVE FIBERS; RETINA; RETROELEMENTS; STAINING AND LABELING;

SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 53149099723     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: 1440169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169X.2008.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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