piggyBac transformation of the New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax, produces multiple distinct mutant strains

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Allen, M L ^a   Handler, A M ^a   Berkebile, D R ^a   Skoda, S R ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochliomyia hominivorax; Green fluorescent protein; piggyBac; Screwworm; Sterile insect technique (SIT); Transformation; Transgenic insect

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; INSECT; METHODOLOGY; STERILE RELEASE METHOD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; FLY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MYIASIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ANIMALS; DIPTERA; DNA; FEMALE; MALE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREW WORM INFECTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; CALLIPHORIDAE; COCHLIOMYIA; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 1642381464     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2004.0473.x     Document Type: Article

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