Germline transformation of the silkworm bombyx mori L. by sperm-mediated gene transfer

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Zhou, Wenlin ^a   Gong, Chengliang ^b   Xue, Renyu ^b   Cao, Guangli ^b   Cao, Jinru ^b   Ye, Aihong ^a   Weng, Hongbiao ^a   Wang, Yongqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION AND MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bombyx mori L.; Piggybac transposon; Sperm mediated gene transfer; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC G 418; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NEOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; GENTAMICIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PGBD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BOMBYX MORI; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FLUORESCENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SPERM; TRANSGENICS; TRANSPOSON; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOMBYX; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; POLYHEDROSIS VIRUS; SPERMATOZOON; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BOMBYX; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, INSECT; GENTAMICINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; NEOMYCIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

EID: 84877667036     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.102822     Document Type: Article

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