A Xenopus embryo coinjected with a plasmid encoding a transgene and the φC31 integrase mRNA readily facilitates genomic integration resulting in healthy transgenic embryos.
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Smith, S., Mohun, T. Frog transgenesis made simple. Nat Methods 2, 897–898 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth1205-897
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