Generation of transgenic c. elegans by biolistic transformation

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 42, 2010, Pages

  Hochbaum, Daniel ^a   Ferguson, Annabel A ^a   Fisher, Alfred L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Issue 42; Microbiology; Microparticle bombardment; Recombinant DNA; Transgene; Transgenic animals; Unc 119

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055109279     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/2090     Document Type: Article

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