The role of post-transcriptional RNA processing and plasmid vector sequences on transient transgene expression in zebrafish

Transgenic Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 299-304

  Chatterjee, Sumantra ^a,b   Min, Lin ^a   Karuturi, R Krishna Murthy ^a   Lufkin, Thomas ^a,b  

^a GENOME INSTITUTE OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biostatistics; EGFP (Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein); krt4 (keratin 4); Microinjection; Rabbit beta globin intron; Transient assay

Indexed keywords

DANIO RERIO; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PROKARYOTA;

BETA GLOBIN; CYTOKERATIN 4; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; INTRON; METABOLISM; MICROINJECTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RABBIT; RNA PROCESSING; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GLOBINS; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INTRONS; KERATIN-4; MICROINJECTIONS; PLASMIDS; RABBITS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77952304317     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-009-9312-x     Document Type: Article

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