A new versatile gene-trap vector for insect transgenics

Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 168-175

  Lukacsovich, Tamas ^a,b,c   Hamada, Noriko ^a,c   Miyazaki, Sakura ^c   Kimpara, Akiyo ^c   Yamamoto, Daisuke ^a,c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gal4; Gene trap; ovo; PiggyBac; Transgenic insects

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; OVO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME; CHEMISTRY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

HEXAPODA; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 58049196742     PISSN: 07394462     EISSN: 15206327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arch.20276     Document Type: Article

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