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The Tol2kit: A multisite gateway-based construction kit for Tol2 transposon transgenesis constructs

  1. Kristen M. Kwan1,*,
  2. Esther Fujimoto1,
  3. Clemens Grabher2,
  4. Benjamin D. Mangum1,
  5. Melissa E. Hardy1,
  6. Douglas S. Campbell1,
  7. John M. Parant3,
  8. H. Joseph Yost3,
  9. John P. Kanki2,
  10. Chi-Bin Chien1,4,*

Article first published online: 15 OCT 2007

DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21343

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Developmental Dynamics

Developmental Dynamics

Volume 236, Issue 11, pages 3088–3099, November 2007

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Kwan, K. M., Fujimoto, E., Grabher, C., Mangum, B. D., Hardy, M. E., Campbell, D. S., Parant, J. M., Yost, H. J., Kanki, J. P. and Chien, C.-B. (2007), The Tol2kit: A multisite gateway-based construction kit for Tol2 transposon transgenesis constructs. Dev. Dyn., 236: 3088–3099. doi: 10.1002/dvdy.21343

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  1. 1

    Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

  2. 2

    Department of Pediatric Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts

  3. 3

    Department of Oncological Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

  4. 4

    Brain Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

*Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, 401 MREB, University of Utah Medical Center, 20 North 1900 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84132-3401

Publication History

  1. Issue published online: 18 OCT 2007
  2. Article first published online: 15 OCT 2007
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 28 AUG 2007

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  • National Eye Institute. Grant Number: RO1 EY12873
  • Dana Foundation
  • NIH. Grant Numbers: 5T32 HD07491, 2P01 CA68484-11A1, RO1 HL66292
  • American Cancer Society. Grant Number: PF-06-146-01-DDC

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