The piggyBac transposon mediates germ-line transformation in the Oriental fruit fly and closely related elements exist in its genome

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 605-612

  Handler, A M ^a   McCombs, S D ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Bactrocera dorsalis; Germ line transformation, horizontal transmission; PiggyBac transposon; Tephritidae

Indexed keywords

EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC STRAIN; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERM LINE; INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSPOSON; WILD RELATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DIPTERA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOTHS; OVUM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034525305     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2000.00227.x     Document Type: Article

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