Transcription activator-like effector nuclease (TALEN)-mediated female-specific sterility in the silkworm, Bombyx mori

Insect Molecular Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 800-807

  Xu, J ^a,b   Wang, Y ^a,b   Li, Z ^a,b   Ling, L ^a,b   Zeng, B ^a,b   James, A A ^c   Tan, A ^a   Huang, Y ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

doublesex; gene targeting; genitalia; morphology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOMBYX MORI; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA;

ISOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BOMBYX; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; INSECT CONTROL; INSECT GENOME; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BOMBYX; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GENOME, INSECT; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84939463773     PISSN: 09621075     EISSN: 13652583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imb.12125     Document Type: Article

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