Applications of Tol2 transposon-mediated gene transfer for stable integration and conditional expression of electroporated genes in chicken embryos

Electroporation and Sonoporation in Developmental Biology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 17-24

  Sato, Yuki ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiko ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 84872151598     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-09427-2_3     Document Type: Chapter

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