Insertions of hybrid P elements in the yellow gene of Drosophila cause a large variety of mutant phenotypes

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 583-594

  Georgiev, Pavel ^a,b   Tikhomirova, Tatiana ^b   Yelagin, Vjacheslav ^b   Belenkaya, Tatiana ^a,c   Gracheva, Elena ^b   Parshikov, Alexander ^b   Evgen'ev, Mikhail B ^a,b   Samarina, Olga P ^b   Corces, Victor G ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; HYBRID GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKAGE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030963205     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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