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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction

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Australian National University - (Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia)

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Formation and loss of large, unstable tandem arrays of the piggyBac transposable element in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

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Inhibition of luciferase expression in transgenic Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by Sindbis virus expression of antisense luciferase RNA.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Agricultural graduate inclusive excellence leadership community: Developing graduate students for life and career success.

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Gene vector and transposable element behavior in mosquitoes.

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The transposable element mariner can excise in non-drosophilid insects.

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Steps Toward Targeted Insertional Mutagenesis With Class II Transposable Elements

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Cloning and characterization of cDNAs encoding putative CTCFs in the mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae.

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Site-directed genome modification: nucleic acid and protein modules for targeted integration and gene correction

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Colony-level behavioural variation correlates with differences in expression of the foraging gene in red imported fire ants.

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Advantageous Properties of the piggyBac Transposon System for Gene Transfer in Human Cells

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High efficiency, site-specific excision of a marker gene by the phage P1 cre-loxP system in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

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Differential gene expression between alate and dealate queens in the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).

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Active integration: new strategies for transgenesis.

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The genome of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, reveals potential mechanisms underlying reproduction, host interactions, and novel targets for pest control.

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Controlling malaria transmission with genetically-engineered, Plasmodium-resistant mosquitoes: milestones in a model system.

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Erratum: Gene vector and transposable element behavior in mosquitoes (Journal of Experimental Biology (2003) 206 (3823-3834))

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High-level gene expression in Aedes albopictus cells using a baculovirus Hr3 enhancer and IE1 transactivator.

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Genetic engineering of insects : Current and future applications

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Site-directed genome modification: derivatives of DNA-modifying enzymes as targeting tools.

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Site-directed genome modification: derivatives of DNA-modifying enzymes as targeting tools

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Interplasmid transposition of the mariner transposable element in non-drosophilid insects.

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Chimeric Mos1 and piggyBac transposases result in site-directed integration.

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Genetic variation in 12S and 16S mitochondrial rDNA genes of four geographically isolated populations of Gulf Coast ticks (Acari: Ixodidae).

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Isolation, characterization, and molecular identification of bacteria from the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta) midgut.

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Differential gene expression during wing morph differentiation of the ectoparasitoid Melittobia digitata (Hym., Eulophidae).

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Mariner transposition and transformation of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

# publications[].publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Helper-independent piggyBac plasmids for gene delivery approaches: strategies for avoiding potential genotoxic effects.

# publications[].publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Publisher Correction: The genome of the stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, reveals potential mechanisms underlying reproduction, host interactions, and novel targets for pest control.

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Structure of hermes integrations in the germline of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

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The white gene from the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

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The hermit transposable element of the Australian sheep blowfly, Lucilia cuprina, belongs to the hAT family of transposable elements.

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Promoter-directed expression of recombinant fire-fly luciferase in the salivary glands of Hermes-transformed Aedes aegypti.

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The Hermes element from Musca domestica can transpose in four families of cyclorrhaphan flies.

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Site-directed genome modification: nucleic acid and protein modules for targeted integration and gene correction.

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Effect of Quorum Sensing by Staphylococcus epidermidis on the Attraction Response of Female Adult Yellow Fever Mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti aegypti (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Culicidae), to a Blood-Feeding Source.

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Analyses of cis -acting elements that affect the transposition of Mos1 mariner transposons in vivo.

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Mutant Mos1 mariner transposons are hyperactive in Aedes aegypti.

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A cell-based screening platform identifies novel mosquitocidal toxins.

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Chimeric piggyBac transposases for genomic targeting in human cells.

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Promoter and piggyBac activities within embryos of the potato tuber moth, Phthorimaea operculella, Zeller (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).

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piggyBac is a flexible and highly active transposon as compared to sleeping beauty, Tol2, and Mos1 in mammalian cells.

# publications[].publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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The 5' regulatory region from the Drosophila pseudoobscura hsp82 gene results in a high level of reporter gene expression in Lucilia cuprina embryos.

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The Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni, contains multiple members of the hAT family of transposable elements.

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Detection of differences in oligonucleotide-influenced aggregation of colloidal gold nanoparticles using absorption spectroscopy.

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy for the detection of differences in oligonucleotide influenced aggregation of colloidal gold nanoparticles

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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PiggyBac transposon-mediated gene transfer in human cells.

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Stable transformation of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, with the Hermes element from the housefly.

# publications[].publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Genetic transformation of midgut bacteria from the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta).

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Steps toward targeted insertional mutagenesis with class II transposable elements.

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Decomposition studies, with a catalog and descriptions of forensically important blow flies (Diptera : Calliphoridae) in Central Texas

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An eye color gene for the detection of transgenic non-drosophilid insects.

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Purified mariner (Mos1) transposase catalyzes the integration of marked elements into the germ-line of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti.

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Texas A&M University; Entomology; 2475 TAMU

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

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College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

# etdChairOf[].label
Gray, Christine Elizabeth (2005-08). Promoters, enhancers and insulators for improved mosquito transgenesis. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Mohammed, Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed (2003-08). Germline transformation and isolation of midgut related genes from the potato tuber moth, Phthoramiaea operculella, (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae).. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Butler, Lara Elizabeth (2008-05). Honey bee gene regulation and transcriptional effects of a pheromone and a parasite. Master's Thesis.

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Medina, Freder (2010-05). Study of Midgut Bacteria in the Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Büren (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Doctoral Dissertation.

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Murrell, Jennifer Ann (2005-12). Distribution patterns of the Anopheles quadrimaculatus (Diptera: Culicidae) species complex in Texas. Master's Thesis.

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Julian, Andrea Marian (2003-12). Use of bioinformatics to investigate and analyze transposable element insertions in the genomes of caenorhabditis elegans and drosophila melanogaster, and into the target plasmid pGDV1. Master's Thesis.

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Kjos, Sonia Alane (2007-05). Biogeography and genetic variation of triatomine chagas disease vectors and trypanosoma cruzi isolates from texas. Doctoral Dissertation.

# etdChairOf[].label
Sanders, Michael Lee (2015-08). The Effect of Mycobacterium ulcerans Exotoxin on Host-Seeking and Oviposition Behavior of Aedes aegypti aegypti (L.) (Diptera: Culicidae). Master's Thesis.

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Hagen, Darren Erich (2007-08). Identification and characterization of germline-specific promoters for remobilization of transgenes in the mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Johanson, Michael (2013-08). An Investigation of Insulator Proteins in Mosquito Genomes. Master's Thesis.