RNAi mediated gene knockdown and transgenesis by microinjection in the necromenic nematode Pristionchus pacificus

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 56, 2011, Pages

  Cinkornpumin, Jessica K ^a   Hong, Ray L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Caenorhabditis elegans; Developmental biology; Gene expression; Issue 56; Microinjection; Pristionchus pacificus; RNA interference; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054907554     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3270     Document Type: Article

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