Doxycycline-induced transgene expression during Drosophila development and aging

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 571-579

  Bieschke, E T ^a   Wheeler, J C ^a   Tower, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Drosophila; Inducible promoter; Tetracycline repressor

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; NONHUMAN; OPERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRESSOR GENE; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSGENE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DOXYCYCLINE; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS PROTEIN VMW65; LONGEVITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; EUKARYOTA; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031875658     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050770     Document Type: Article

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