Isolation and analysis of a new hopper hAT transposon from the Bactrocera dorsalis white eye strain

Genetica

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-24

  Handler, Alfred M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene vector; hobo Activator Tam3 family; Oriental fruit fly; Tephritidae; Transposable element; Transposase

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TEPHRITIDAE; TRANSPOSASES;

BACTROCERA CUCURBITAE; BACTROCERA DORSALIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TEPHRITIDAE; ZOSTEROPIDAE;

EID: 0037404961     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022944120410     Document Type: Article

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