Timing of expression of a gene in the adult Drosophila is regulated by mechanisms independent of temperature and metabolic rate

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1643-1651

  Rogina, Blanka ^a   Helfand, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LIFESPAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; LONGEVITY; MALE; MUTATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0029849755     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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