Germ line transformation of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, using the transposable element Minos

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Volumn 277, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 213-220

  Uchino, K ^a   Imamura, M ^a,c   Shimizu, K ^b,d   Kanda, T ^a   Tamura, T ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KONAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^d KakenGeneqs Co   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori; Minos; Silkworm; Transgenic; Transposon

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PLASMID DNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ARTICLE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GERM LINE; INSECT GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SILKWORM; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSON;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BOMBYX; DNA PRIMERS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES;

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 33847350597     PISSN: 16174615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00438-006-0176-y     Document Type: Article

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