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Nature Genetics 36, 283–287 (1 March 2004) | doi:10.1038/ng1314

A complementary transposon tool kit for Drosophila melanogaster using P and piggyBac

Stephen T Thibault , Matthew A Singer , Wesley Y Miyazaki , Brett Milash , Nicholas A Dompe , Carol M Singh , Ross Buchholz , Madelyn Demsky , Robert Fawcett , Helen L Francis-Lang , Lisa Ryner , Lai Man Cheung , Angela Chong , Cathy Erickson , William W Fisher , Kimberly Greer , Stephanie R Hartouni , Elizabeth Howie , Lakshmi Jakkula , Daniel Joo , Keith Killpack , Alex Laufer , Julie Mazzotta , Ronald D Smith , Lynn M Stevens , Christiana Stuber , Lory R Tan , Richard Ventura , Alesa Woo , Irena Zakrajsek , Lora Zhao , Feng Chen , Candace Swimmer , Casey Kopczynski , Geoffrey Duyk , Margaret L Winberg & Jonathan Margolis

With the availability of complete genome sequence for Drosophila melanogaster, one of the next strategic goals for fly researchers is a complete gene knockout collection. The P-element transposon, the workhorse of D.