Medfly promoters relevant to the sterile insect technique

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 149-157

  Komitopoulou, Katia ^a   Christophides, George K ^a   Kalosaka, Katerina ^b   Chrysanthis, George ^b   Theodoraki, Maria A ^b   Savakis, Charalambos ^c   Zacharopoulou, Antigone ^b   Mintzas, Anastassios C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Drosophila melanogaster; Genetic sexing strains; Heat shock promoters; Sex specific promoters; Sterile insect technique; Transgenic insects

Indexed keywords

CAPITATA; CERATITIS; CERATITIS CAPITATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 1242344730     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2003.06.016     Document Type: Article

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