Transgenesis in Zebrafish with the Tol2 transposon system

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 561, Issue , 2009, Pages 41-63

  Suster, Maximiliano L ^a,b   Kikuta, Hiroshi ^a,b   Urasaki, Akihiro ^a,b   Asakawa, Kazuhide ^a,b   Kawakami, Koichi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gal4 UAS; GFP; Microinjection; Neuronal function; Tetanus toxin; Tol2; Transgenesis; Transposon; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GAL4 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSPOSON; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 70349243477     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60327-019-9_3     Document Type: Article

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