Precise excision of TTAA-specific lepidopteran transposons piggyBac (IFP2) and tagalong (TFP3) from the baculovirus genome in cell lines from two species of Lepidoptera

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 141-151

  Fraser, M J ^a   Ciszczon, T ^a   Elick, T ^a   Bauser, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Baculovirus; Excision; IFP2; Lepidoptera; Nuclear polyhedrosis virus; PiggyBac; Tagalong; TFP3; Transposon

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARMYWORM; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; CELL LINE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; LACTOSE OPERON; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTH; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACULOVIRIDAE; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; LAC OPERON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SPODOPTERA;

EID: 0030152925     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.1996.tb00048.x     Document Type: Article

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