piggyBac-mediated somatic transformation of the two-spotted cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 343-349

  Shinmyo, Yohei ^a   Mito, Taro ^a   Matsushita, Takashi ^a   Sarashina, Isao ^a   Miyawaki, Katsuyuki ^a   Ohuchi, Hideyo ^a   Noji, Sumihare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

eGFP; Gryllus bimaculatus; Helper RNA; piggyBac; Transgenic cricket

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSPOSASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; INSECT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MARKER GENE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GRYLLIDAE; MORPHOGENESIS; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; GRYLLIDAE; GRYLLUS; GRYLLUS BIMACULATUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 4544333981     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.2004.00751.x     Document Type: Article

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