Transposable element interactions in insects: Crossmobilization of hobo and Hermes

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-368

  Sundararajan, P ^a,b   Atkinson, P W ^c   O'Brochta, D A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Ctr for Agricultural Biotechnology   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene vector; Hermes; Hobo; Transgenic; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

PLASMID; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETIC VECTORS; PLASMIDS; TRANSPOSASES;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033180436     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.1999.83128.x     Document Type: Article

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