Germline transformation of Aedes fluviatilis (Diptera:Culicidae) with the piggyBac transposable element

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 755-757

  Rodrigues, Flávia Guimarães ^a   Oliveira, Sabrina Barbosa ^a   Rocha, Bruno Coelho ^a   Moreira, Luciano Andrade ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Malaria; PiggyBac; Transgenic mosquitoes

Indexed keywords

AEDES FLUVIATILIS; AVES; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 33751275024     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: 16788060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762006000700008     Document Type: Article

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