Genetic transformation of non-drosophilid insects by transposable elements

Annals of the Entomological Society of America

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 930-936

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic transformation; Nondrosophilid insects; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INSECT; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT;

GENETICS; TRANSFORMATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILIDAE; EUKARYOTA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 0033384184     PISSN: 00138746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aesa/92.6.930     Document Type: Review

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