Recent developments in transgenic insect technology

Parasitology Today

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 99-104

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CLONING VECTOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC MARKER; INSECT; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031106890     PISSN: 01694758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-4758(97)01006-5     Document Type: Review

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