Tissue tropism, transmission and expression of foreign genes in vivo in midgut symbionts of tsetse flies

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 125-132

  Cheng, Q ^a,b   Aksoy, Serap ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

GFP expression; Glossina; Midgut symbionts; Tissue tropism; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; GENE PRODUCT; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IN VITRO CULTURE; MICROINJECTION; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION BIOLOGY; RIBOSOMAL DNA; SYMBIOSIS; TISSUE GROWTH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DIPTERA; EUKARYOTA; GLOSSINA (PROPER); GLOSSINA AUSTENI; GLOSSINA BREVIPALPIS; GLOSSINA MORSITANS; GLOSSINA PALPALIS; GLOSSINIDAE; HEXAPODA; RICKETTSIACEAE; WIGGLESWORTHIA GLOSSINIDIA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0033081754     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.810125.x     Document Type: Article

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