Attempt at Transgenesis of the Silkworm (Bombyx mori L.) by Egg-Injection of Foreign DNA

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 587-596

  Nagaraju, Javaregowda ^b   Kanda, Toshio ^d   Yukuhiro, Kenji ^d   Chavancy, Gérard ^c   Tamura, Toshiki ^d   Couble, Pierre ^a  

^a CENTRE DE GÉNÉTIQUE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b Seribiotech Research Laboratory   (India)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx; Egg injection; Germ line; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 0030354977     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.31.587     Document Type: Article

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