Molecular and biochemical characterization of the aaNAT1 (Dat) locus in Drosophila melanogaster: Differential expression of two gene products

DNA and Cell Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 621-633

  Brodbeck, Daniela ^a   Amherd, Remo ^a   Callaerts, Patrick ^a   Hintermann, Edith ^a   Meyer, Urs A ^a   Affolter, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; SIGANUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031844054     PISSN: 10445498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1998.17.621     Document Type: Article

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