Optimization of mRNA design for protein expression in the crustacean Daphnia magna

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 289, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 707-715

  Törner, Kerstin ^a   Nakanishi, Takashi ^a   Matsuura, Tomoaki ^a   Kato, Yasuhiko ^a   Watanabe, Hajime ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Daphnia magna; Elongation factor 1 1; mRNA injection; Overexpression; Reporter assay; Untranslated region

Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ANIMALS; DAPHNIA; DNA, RECOMBINANT; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROINJECTIONS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OVUM; PEPTIDE ELONGATION FACTOR 1; PLASMIDS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84905105720     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: 16174623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-014-0830-8     Document Type: Article

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