Introns boost transgene expression in Drosophila melanogaster

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-296

  Duncker, B P ^a,b   Davies, P L ^a   Walker, V K ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SWISS INST FOR EXP CANCER RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antifreeze protein; Drosophila melanogaster; Gene regulation; Intron; P elements

Indexed keywords

ANTIFREEZE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DELETION MUTANT; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; EXPRESSION VECTOR; FISH; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; HOST; INTRON; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STRUCTURAL GENE; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0030891388     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050418     Document Type: Article

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