GFP as a cell and developmental marker in the Drosophila nervous system

Methods in Cell Biology

Volumn , Issue 58, 1999, Pages 165-181

  Brand, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 0032621294     PISSN: 0091679X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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