A current perspective on insect gene transformation

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-128

  Handler, Alfred M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorescent proteins; Germ line transformation; Insect gene transfer; Paratransgenesis; Transposable elements; Viral vectors

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; INSECT; NONHUMAN; RETROVIRUS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSPOSON; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, INSECT; HUMANS; RETROVIRIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0035121369     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(00)00159-4     Document Type: Review

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