Mariner transposons as genetic tools in vertebrate cells

Genetica

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Delauriere L ^a   Chenais B ^a   Hardivillier, Y ^a   Gauvry, L ^a   Casse, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Transgenesis; Transposable element activity; Transposase

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MARINER TRANSPOSASES; TRANSPOSASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL; GENE TRANSFER; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; TRANSPOSON; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELLS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; TRANSPOSASES; VERTEBRATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349997211     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-009-9370-2     Document Type: Article

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