A microinjection protocol for the generation of transgenic killifish (Species: Nothobranchius furzeri)

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 241, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1133-1141

  Hartmann, Nils ^a   Englert, Christoph ^a  

^a FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Short lived teleost fish; Tol2; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CHORION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CYPRINODONTIFORMES; DISPERSION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOME; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MICROINJECTION; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NOTHOBRANCHIUS FURZERI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSGENICS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; KILLIFISHES; MICROINJECTIONS;

CYPRINODONTOIDEI; NOTHOBRANCHIUS FURZERI; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84861186935     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23789     Document Type: Article

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