Molecular cloning of a dominant roller mutant and establishment of DNA-mediated transformation in the nematode Pristionchus pacificus

Genesis

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 300-304

  Schlager, Benjamin ^a   Wang, Xiaoyue ^a   Braach, Georg ^a   Sommer, Ralf J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collagen; DNA mediated transformation; Nematodes; Parasite; Pristionchus pacificus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GENOMIC DNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COLLAGEN; DNA, HELMINTH; GENES, DOMINANT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HELMINTH PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEMATODA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

NEMATODA; PRISTIONCHUS PACIFICUS;

EID: 66149137646     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20499     Document Type: Article

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