Transposable elements and gene transformation in non-drosophilid insects

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 8-9, 1996, Pages 739-753

  O'Brochta, David A ^a   Atkinson, Peter W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Bactrocera tryoni; Biological control; Ceratitis capitata; Cochliomyia hominivorax; Drosophila melanogaster; Gene vectors; Hermes; Lucilia cuprina; mariner hobo; Minos; Musca domestica; P Elements; Sterile insect technique; Tcl; Transformation; Transgenic insects; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; CLONING VECTOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GERM LINE; INSECT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS VECTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VECTORS; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ANIMALIA; BACTROCERA TRYONI; CALLIPHORIDAE; CAPITATA; CERATITIS CAPITATA; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; DROSOPHILA HYDEI; DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LUCILIA CUPRINA; MELANOGASTER; MUSCA DOMESTICA; SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA; TEPHRITIDAE; TRICHOPLUSIA NI; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0030240393     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00022-7     Document Type: Review

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