Cre-mediated targeted gene activation in the middle silk glands of transgenic silkworms (Bombyx mori)

Transgenic Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 607-619

  Duan, Jianping ^a   Xu, Hanfu ^a   Ma, Sanyuan ^a   Guo, Huizhen ^a   Wang, Feng ^a   Zhao, Ping ^a   Xia, Qingyou ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B. mori; Cre loxP; Site specific excision; Stop fragment; Targeted gene activation

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN 583; INTEGRASE; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BOMBYX; EXOCRINE GLAND; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE VECTOR; GENETICS; GERM CELL; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BOMBYX; EXOCRINE GLANDS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VECTORS; GERM CELLS; INTEGRASES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BOMBYX MORI;

EID: 84877772659     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11248-012-9677-0     Document Type: Article

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