Germ-line transformation of the Mexican fruit fly

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 573-580

  Condon, K C ^a,b   Condon, G C ^b   Dafa'alla, T H ^b   Forrester, O T ^c   Phillips, C E ^b   Scaife, S ^b   Alphey, L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anastrepha ludens; Germ line transformation; Mexican fruit fly; piggyBac; Transposon free insertion

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; PLASMID; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TEPHRITIDAE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; GERM CELLS; MICROINJECTIONS; PLASMIDS; TEPHRITIDAE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANASTREPHA LUDENS; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34748840847     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2583.2007.00752.x     Document Type: Article

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