Electromechanical microinjection of pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella embryos increases survival

BioTechniques

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 496-499

  Peloquin, John J ^a   Thibault, Stephen T ^a   Schouest Jr , Leo P ^a   Miller, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DNA TRANSFER; EMBRYO; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; SURVIVAL; WORM;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HELICOVERPA ZEA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; MELANOGASTER; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA;

EID: 0030897769     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/97223st04     Document Type: Article

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