Pulsed Irradiation improves target selectivity of infrared laser-evoked gene operator for single-cell gene induction in the nematode C. elegans

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Suzuki, Motoshi ^a   Toyoda, Naoya ^a   Takagi, Shin ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; INFRARED LASER EVOKED GENE OPERATOR; INTERNEURON; IRRADIATION; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PULSED IRRADIATION; SOMATIC CELL; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; INFRARED RAYS; LASERS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 84904749832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085783     Document Type: Article

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