Stable transformation of a Mamestra brassicae (lepidoptera) cell line with the lepidopteran-derived transposon piggyBac

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Mandrioli, Mauro ^a   Wimmer, Ernst A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cabbage moth; Genetic transformation; Mamestra brassicae; piggyBac

Indexed keywords

PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CYTOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; LEPIDOPTERA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; LEPIDOPTERA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; INSERTION SEQUENCES; LEPIDOPTERA; MAMESTRA; MAMESTRA BRASSICAE; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0037211346     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(02)00189-3     Document Type: Article

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