Transposon-assisted genetic engineering with mos1- mediated single-copy insertion (MosSCI)

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 1327, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-58

  Frøkjær Jensen, Christian ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Endogenous levels of gene expression; Germline expression; Mos1 single copy insertion (MosSCI); Mos1 transposon; Transgenesis; Universal insertion sites

Indexed keywords

MOS1 TRANSPOSASE; TRANSPOSASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MARINER TRANSPOSASES; TRANSPOSON;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOS1 MEDIATED SINGLE COPY INSERTION; NONHUMAN; TRANSGENICS; TRANSIENT EXPRESSION; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; GENE TARGETING; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE ORDER; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSPOSASES;

EID: 84942945459     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2842-2_5     Document Type: Chapter

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