A universal marker for transgenic insects

Andreas J. Berghammer, Martin Klingler and Ernst A. Wimmer ()
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Andreas J. Berghammer: Zoologisches Institut, Universität München
Martin Klingler: Zoologisches Institut, Universität München
Ernst A. Wimmer: Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Universität Bayreuth

Nature, 1999, vol. 402, issue 6760, 370-371

Abstract: Abstract Genetic manipulation of insects and other arthropods may enable better control strategies to be developed against agricultural pests and disease vectors. Transposon-based transformation techniques have been implemented in Drosophila1 and other insects2 such as medflies3,4 and mosquitoes5,6. A major obstacle in the use of these transposons, however, has been the difficulty in obtaining marker genes that will allow easy and reliable identification of transgenic animals. Here we describe a marker system that is suitable for following gene transfer in most arthropods and in many other phyla.

Date: 1999
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