Interplasmid transposition of the mariner transposable element in non-drosophilid insects

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 253, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 728-733

  Coates, C J ^a,d   Turney, C L ^b   Frommer, M ^b   O'Brochta, D A ^c   Atkinson, P W ^a,e  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactrocera tryoni; Drosophila melanogaster; Lucilia cuprina; Mariner; Transposition assay

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DIPTERA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS;

EID: 0030928858     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050377     Document Type: Article

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