TardiVec system (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

TardiVec system — Caption

TardiVec is based on a DNA vector with promoters derived from the anhydrobiotic tardigrades. It is introduced into a tardigrade by a microinjection and the GFP fluorescence is observed after approximately 48 hours. The tardigrade expresses GFP in its muscle cells (the right panel).

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PNAS, Sae Tanaka and Kazuharu Arakawa

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