Efficient single-cell transgene induction in Caenorhabditis elegans using a pulsed infrared laser

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1827-1832

  Churgin, Matthew A ^a   He, Liping ^a   Murray, John I ^b   Fang Yen, Christopher ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

C. elegans; Heat shock; Transgene induction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASER; DIODE LASER; EMBRYO CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; ILLUMINATION; LASER; NONHUMAN; PULSED INFRARED LASER; SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL DIFFUSION; TRANSGENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HEAT; MICROBIAL GENETICS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

C. ELEGANS; HEAT SHOCK; TRANSGENE INDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HEATING; LASERS; SINGLE-CELL ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84885766408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.113.007682     Document Type: Article

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