Post-integration stabilization of a transposon vector by terminal sequence deletion in Drosophila melanogaster

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1150-1154

  Handler, Alfred M ^a   Zimowska, Grazyna J ^a   Horn, Carsten ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL SAFETY; GERMLINE TRANSFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOBILIZATION; TRANSGENIC INSECTS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGY; ENZYMES; GENES; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; VECTORS;

BIODIVERSITY;

TRANSPOSASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BREEDING LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA INTEGRATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; LONG TERMINAL REPEAT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE DELETION; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; TERMINAL REPEAT SEQUENCES;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 4444303095     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1002     Document Type: Article

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