Green fluorescent protein expressed in living mosquitoes - Without the requirement of transformation

BioTechniques

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 660-664

  Higgs, S ^a   Traul, D ^a   Davis, B S ^a   Kamrud, K I ^a   Wilcox, C L ^a   Beaty, B J ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VECTOR; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE; SINDBIS VIRUS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; NEMATODA; PROTOZOA; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 0029762960     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/96214st03     Document Type: Article

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