A new powerful method for site-specific transgene stabilization based on chromosomal double-strand break repair.

Transgenic insects are a promising tool in sterile insect techniques and population replacement strategies. Such transgenic insects can be created using nonautonomous transposons, which cannot be transferred without a transposase source. In biocontrol procedures where large numbers of insects are re...

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Main Authors: Artem Tkachuk, Maria Kim, Oksana Kravchuk, Mikhail Savitsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3195726?pdf=render