Genetic transformation of Drosophila cells in culture by P element-mediated transposition

Somatic Cell and Molecular Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-165

  Segal, Daniel ^a,b   Cherbas, Lucy ^b   Cherbas, Peter ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMANITIN; DNA; METHOTREXATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HEAT SHOCK; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSPOSON;

AMANITINS; ANIMALS; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; DNA; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA; DRUG RESISTANCE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTS; GENETIC VECTORS; METHOTREXATE; TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSFECTION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRANSPOSASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029821974     PISSN: 07407750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02369906     Document Type: Article

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