Reverse genetic strategies in Caenorhabditis elegans: Towards controlled manipulation of the genome

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Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages 1394-1410

  Baylis, Howard A ^a   Vázquez Manrique, Rafael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biolistic transformation; Flp recombinase; Gene engineering; Homologous recombination; Mos1; MosDEL; MosTIC; Mutagenesis; Phospholipase C delta; plc 4; Targeted gene knock out; Tc1; Transposable element; Zinc finger nuclease

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BIOLISTICS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE TARGETING; GENES, HELMINTH; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOME, HELMINTH; GENOMICS; MUTAGENESIS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REVERSE GENETICS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 79960518594     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1537744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1100/tsw.2011.126     Document Type: Review

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