Tol2-mediated transgenesis, gene trapping, enhancer trapping, and the GAL4-UAS system

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 104, Issue , 2011, Pages 23-49

  Abe, Gembu ^a   Suster, Maximilliano L ^c   Kawakami, Koichi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^c Sars International Centre for Marine Molecular Biology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Enhancer; Gene trapping; Germline; Microinjection; Transgenesis; Transposable

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052802365     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374814-0.00002-1     Document Type: Chapter

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