Transgenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 561, Issue , 2009, Pages 21-39

  Rieckher, Matthias ^a   Kourtis, Nikos ^a   Pasparaki, Angela ^a   Tavernarakis, Nektarios ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Biolistic transformation; Chromosomal integration; DNA coated microparticle bombardment; Extrachromosomal arrays; Genetic transformation; Germline; GFP; Microinjection; Nematode; transgenic animals

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

HELMINTH DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA, HELMINTH; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, HELMINTH; MICROINJECTIONS; OOCYTES; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 70349241932     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-019-9_2     Document Type: Article

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