Mariner (Mos1) transposase and genomic integration of foreign gene sequences in Bombyx mori cells

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 145-155

  Wang, W ^c   Swevers, L ^c   Iatrou, Kostas ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Bm5 cells; Bombyx mori; Mariner; Silkmoth; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

CELL LINE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; PLASMID; REPETITIVE DNA; TISSUE CULTURE; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT; TRANSPOSASE;

ANIMALS; BOMBYX; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC VECTORS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES;

BOMBYX; BOMBYX MORI; DROSOPHILA MAURITIANA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0034176558     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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