An active piggyBac-like element in Macdunnoughia crassisigna

Insect Science

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 521-528

  Wu, Min ^a   Sun, Zhi Chan ^a   Hu, Chun Lin ^a   Zhang, Gu Feng ^b   Han, Zhao Jun ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tongzhou Station of Plant Protection   (China)

Author keywords

Macdunnoughia crassisigna; piggyBac like element (PLE); Transposon

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; MACDUNNOUGHIA;

EID: 57449089168     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2008.00241.x     Document Type: Article

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