Germ-line transformation of pink bollworm (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) mediated by the piggyBac transposable element

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 323-333

  Peloquin, John J ^a   Thibault, S T ^b   Staten, R ^c   Miller, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b EXELIXIS INC   (United States)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

EGFP; Lepidoptera; PiggyBac; Transformation

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PEST CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERM LINE; INSECT CONTROL; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; GERM CELLS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; STAINING AND LABELING; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

GELECHIIDAE; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ZEA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PECTINOPHORA GOSSYPIELLA;

EID: 0034210287     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00194.x     Document Type: Article

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