Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and – Method of making a transgenic nonhuman animal
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-27
2007-03-27
Priebe, Scott D. (Department: 1633)
Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and
Method of making a transgenic nonhuman animal
C800S013000, C435S440000, C435S455000
Reexamination Certificate
active
09980644
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides methods for generating and identifying mutations inCaenorhabditis elegans. Disclosed herein are methods for introducing DNA into theC. elegansgermline, methods for expressing DNA in theC. elegansgermline, and methods for generatingC. elegansmutants by using controlled mobilization of endogenous and heterologous transposons. Also disclosed are a transgene construct for expression inC. elegansand methods for inserting single copy DNA sequences into theC. elegansgermline, and engineering mutations into theC. elegansgenome.
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Bessereau Jean-Louis
Jorgensen Erik M.
Priebe Scott D.
TraskBritt
University of Utah
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