"Research for Genetic Transformation of Diptera Vectors."

According to an abstract submitted by the authors to the Keystone Symposium entitled Toward the Genetic Manipulation of Insects, held March 17-23, 1995, in Tamarron, Colorado, "We have been working to develop a suitable transfection system towards the goal of obtaining transgenic non-drosophilid insects which will block transmission of human protozoan parasites. The following aspects are being investigated: (1) the development of transfection methods for the introduction of exogenous DNA, (2) analyses of appropriate promoters to control expression of introduced genes, and (3) development of a vector to deliver genes in insects. We have investigated these three topics using either...

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