A nuclear GFP/β-galactosidase fusion protein as a marker for morphogenesis in living Drosophila

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 99-106

  Shiga, Yasuhiro ^a,b   Tanaka Matakatsu, Miho ^a   Hayashi, Shigeo ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; fusion protein; green fluorescent protein; time lapse confocal microscopy; tracheal system

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; HYBRID PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VICTORIA;

EID: 0030028059     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1996.00012.x     Document Type: Article

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