A defective type of non-LTR retrotransposon, BMC1, is a useful candidate as a vector for gene introduction into cultured cells of silkworm, Bombyx mori

Applied Entomology and Zoology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 247-254

  Okano, Kazuhiro ^a,b   Takada, Naoko ^a   Miyajima, Naoko ^a   Kobayashi, Masahiko ^c   Maekawa, Hideaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMC1; Bombyx mori; Non LTR retrotransposon; Transfection; Transformation vector

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032391742     PISSN: 00036862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1303/aez.33.247     Document Type: Article

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