Insect transgenesis methods and applications

Insect transgenesis : methods and applications By Alfred M Handler; Anthony A James
2000 | 397 Pages | ISBN: 0849320283 | PDF | 28 MB
Content: An Introduction to the History and Methodology of Insect Gene Transfer / Alfred M. Handler — Gene Targeting — Targeted Transformation of the Insect Genome / Paul Eggleston, Yuguang Zhao — Site-Specific Recombination for the Genetic Manipulation of Transgenic Insects / Yikang S. Rong, Kent G. Golic — Transgenic Selection — Eye Color Genes for Selection of Transgenic Insects / Abhimanyu Sarkar, Frank H. Collins — Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a Marker for Transgenic Insects / Stephen Higgs, David L. Lewis — Resistance Genes as Candidates for Insect Transgenesis / Richard H. ffrench-Constant, Mark Q. Benedict — Viral Vectors — Pantropic Retroviral Vectors for Insect Gene Transfer / Jane C. Burns — Densonucleosis Viruses as Transducing Vectors for Insects / Jonathan Carlson, Boris Afanasiev, Erica Suchman — Sindbis Virus Expression Systems in Mosquitoes: Background, Methods, and Applications / Ken E. Olson — Retrotransposons and Retroviruses in Insect Genomes / Christophe Terzian, Alain Pelisson, Alain Bucheton — Polydnaviruses and Insect Transgenic Research / Bruce A. Webb — Transposable Element Vectors — Hermes and Other hAT Elements as Gene Vectors in Insects / Peter W. Atkinson, David A. O’Brochta — Genetic Engineering of Insects with mariner Transposons / David J. Lampe, Kimberly K. O. Walden, John M. Sherwood, Hugh M. Robertson — The TTAA-Specific Family of Transposable Elements: Identification, Functional Characterization, and Utility for Transformation of Insects / Malcolm J. Fraser, Jr. — Symbiont Vectors.