Generation and characterization of a transgenic zebrafish expressing the reverse tetracycline transactivator

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 523-531

  Gu, Qilin ^a,b   Yang, Xiaojie ^a,b   He, Xiaozhen ^a,b   Li, Qing ^a   Cui, Zongbin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Doxycycline; Reverse Tet transactivator; Tet on system; Transgene; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; REVERSE TETRACYCLINE TRANSACTIVATOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HATCHING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; RTTA GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; ZEBRA FISH;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA;

DOXYCYCLINE; REVERSE TET TRANSACTIVATOR; TET-ON SYSTEM; TRANSGENE; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DOXYCYCLINE; TETRACYCLINE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSGENES; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84885958825     PISSN: 16738527     EISSN: 18735533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgg.2013.06.008     Document Type: Article

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