Microinjection of mRNA and morpholino antisense oligonucleotides in zebrafish embryos

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 27, 2009, Pages

  Yuan, Shiaulou ^a   Sun, Zhaoxia ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Gene knockdown; Gene overexpression; Issue 27; Microinjection; Morpholino antisense oligonucleotide; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055113387     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/1113     Document Type: Article

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