Transgene expression from the Tribolium castaneum Polyubiquitin promoter

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 399-407

  Lorenzen, M D ^a   Brown, S J ^a   Denell, R E ^a   Beeman, R W ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Marker gene; Transformation; Tribolium; Tryptophan oxygenase; Ubiquitin

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; POLYUBIQUITIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSGENES; TRIBOLIUM;

INSECTA; TRIBOLIUM CASTANEUM;

EID: 0036788173     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00349.x     Document Type: Article

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