Efficient and stable generation of transgenic silkworm, Bombyx mori with the lepidopteran derived transposon piggyBac

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1617-1621

  Dai, Hongjiu ^a,b,c   Xu, Guojiang ^b   Thomas, Jean Luc ^e   Wang, Zhugang ^b,d   Jiang, Rongjing ^a   Fei, Jian ^b,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b Shanghai Research Center for Model Organisms   (China)

^c Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^d Shanghai Institute of Immunology   (China)

^e INRA U Natl Sericicole   (France)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Gene; piggyBac; Screening marker; Transgene

Indexed keywords

BOMBYX MORI; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33749845527     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-618     Document Type: Article

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