Genome Engineering by Transgene-Instructed Gene Conversion in C. elegans

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn 106, Issue , 2011, Pages 65-88

  Robert, Valérie J P ^a,b,c,d   Bessereau, Jean Louis ^a,b,c  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Cosuppression; Forward genetics; Recombination; Transgene; Transgenic line; Transposase

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355181656     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-544172-8.00003-7     Document Type: Chapter

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