Inducible gene expression in transient transgenic Xenopus embryos

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 469, Issue , 2008, Pages 431-449

  Wheeler, Grant N ^a   Lavery, Danielle L ^b   Hoppler, Stefan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Egg extract; Heat shock promoter; Nuclear transplantation; Sperm nuclei preparation; Transgenics; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

XENOPUS LAEVIS;

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; NUCLEAR TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; OOCYTES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENES; WNT PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 59149107479     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-249_27     Document Type: Article

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