Temporal control of gene silencing by in ovo electroporation

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 442, Issue , 2008, Pages 231-244

  Baeriswyl, Thomas ^a   Mauti, Olivier ^a   Stoeckli, Esther T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chicken embryo; Development; In ovo electroporation; In ovo RNAi; Long dsRNA; Nervous system

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 84934438780     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-191-8_16     Document Type: Article

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