Tol2-mediated gene transfer and in Ovo electroporation of the otic placode: A powerful and versatile approach for investigating embryonic development and regeneration of the chicken inner ear

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 916, Issue , 2012, Pages 127-139

  Freeman, Stephen ^a   Chrysostomou, Elena ^a   Kawakami, Koichi ^b   Takahashi, Yoshiko ^c   Daudet, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^c NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken embryo; Development; Electroporation; Hair cell; Inner ear; Otic placode; Regeneration; Tol2 transposon; Transfection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867348304     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-61779-980-8_10     Document Type: Article

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