Construction of modular and versatile plasmid vectors for the high-level expression of single or multiple genes in insects and insect cell lines

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 288, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 13-20

  Huynh, Chuong Q ^a   Zieler, Helge ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biolistics; Electroporation; Transgenic insects; Untranslated sequences

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CHAPERONIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; LUCIFERASE; PLASMID VECTOR;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; BACULOVIRUS; BIOLISTIC TRANSFORMATION; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; ELECTROPORATION; ENHANCER REGION; FUSION GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TRANSFER; INSECT; MARKER GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION SITE; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSPOSON;

AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ANIMALIA; ANOPHELES; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DROSOPHILA; HELIOTHIS; HELIOTHIS VIRESCENS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; UNIDENTIFIED BACULOVIRUS;

EID: 0033597180     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1999.2674     Document Type: Article

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