An Anopheles transgenic sexing strain for vector control

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1414-1417

  Catteruccia, Flaminia ^a   Benton, Jason P ^a   Crisanti, Andrea ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; GENE TRANSFER; MALARIA CONTROL; VECTORS;

GENETIC MANIPULATION; VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

BETA TUBULIN; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; LARVAL STAGE; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DETERMINATION; SPERM; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; VECTOR CONTROL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANOPHELES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALARIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PLASMIDS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TESTIS; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI;

EID: 27944478670     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1152     Document Type: Article

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