Green fluorescent protein (GFP) from jellyfish Aequorea victoria is the most extensively
studied and widely used in cell biology protein. GFP-like proteins constitute a fast growing …

Mosquito-borne pathogens place an enormous burden on human health. The existing toolkit
is insufficient to support ongoing vector-control efforts towards meeting disease elimination …

We describe the generation of transgenic silkworms that produce cocoons containing
recombinant human collagen. A fusion cDNA was constructed encoding a protein that …

Malaria kills millions of people every year, and new control measures are urgently needed.
The recent demonstration that (effector) genes can be introduced into the mosquito germ …

Genetic modification of mosquitoes offers exciting possibilities for controlling malaria, but
success will depend on how transformation affects the fitness of modified insects. The …

Insect-borne diseases cause significant human morbidity and mortality. Current control and
preventive methods against vector-borne diseases rely mainly on insecticides. The …

Abstract piggyBac is a short inverted-repeat-type DNA transposable element originally
isolated from the genome of the moth Trichoplusia ni. It is currently the gene vector of choice …

Germ-line transformation of insects is now possible with four independent transposable
element vector systems. Among these, the TTAA-insertion site specific transposon …

Background Anopheles stephensi is the key vector of malaria throughout the Indian
subcontinent and Middle East and an emerging model for molecular and genetic studies of …

The silkworm Bombyx mori is one of the most well-studied insects in terms of both genetics
and physiology and is recognized as the model lepidopteran insect. To develop an efficient …