Molecular analysis of a spontaneous insertion mutation near the alcohol dehydrogenase gene of Drosophila melanogaster

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 593-598

  White, Lisa D ^a,b   Jacobson, James W ^a,c  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Cytastar Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydrogenase; Drosophila melanogaster; Jockey; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INSERTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID;

EID: 0030157997     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0965-1748(96)00018-5     Document Type: Article

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