University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An Introduction to the History and Methodology of Insect Gene Transfer / Alfred M. Handler -- Gene Targeting -- Targeted Transformation of the Insect Genome / Paul Eggleston, Yuguang Zhao -- Site-Specific Recombination for the Genetic Manipulation of Transgenic Insects / Yikang S. Rong, Kent G. Golic -- Transgenic Selection -- Eye Color Genes for Selection of Transgenic Insects / Abhimanyu Sarkar, Frank H. Collins -- Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a Marker for Transgenic Insects / Stephen Higgs, David L. Lewis -- Resistance Genes as Candidates for Insect Transgenesis / Richard H. ffrench-Constant, Mark Q. Benedict -- Viral Vectors -- Pantropic Retroviral Vectors for Insect Gene Transfer / Jane C. Burns -- Densonucleosis Viruses as Transducing Vectors for Insects / Jonathan Carlson, Boris Afanasiev, Erica Suchman -- Sindbis Virus Expression Systems in Mosquitoes: Background, Methods, and Applications / Ken E. Olson -- Retrotransposons and Retroviruses in Insect Genomes / Christophe Terzian, Alain Pelisson, Alain Bucheton -- Polydnaviruses and Insect Transgenic Research / Bruce A. Webb -- Transposable Element Vectors -- Hermes and Other hAT Elements as Gene Vectors in Insects / Peter W. Atkinson, David A. O'Brochta -- Genetic Engineering of Insects with mariner Transposons / David J. Lampe, Kimberly K.O. Walden, John M. Sherwood, Hugh M. Robertson -- The TTAA-Specific Family of Transposable Elements: Identification, Functional Characterization, and Utility for Transformation of Insects / Malcolm J. Fraser, Jr. -- Symbiont Vectors.