Generation of stable Xenopus laevis transgenic lines expressing a transgene controlled by weak promoters

Transgenic Research

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 815-827

  L'hostis Guidet, Anne ^a   Recher, Gaëlle ^a   Guillet, Brigitte ^b   Al Mohammad, Abdulrahim ^b   Coumailleau, Pascal ^a   Tiaho, François ^a   Boujard, Daniel ^a,b   Madigou, Thierry ^a,b  

^a Equipe SCANING   (France)

^b Rennes 1 University   (France)

Author keywords

I SceI meganuclease; Posttranscriptional regulatory element (WPRE); Transgenesis; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; WOODCHUCK HEPATITIS VIRUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 70349979742     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9273-0     Document Type: Article

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