The gene search system: A method for efficient detection and rapid molecular identification of genes in Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 725-737

  Toba, Gakuta ^a   Ohsako, Takashi ^b   Miyata, Naomasa ^a   Ohtsuka, Tsuyoshi ^a   Seong, Ki Hyeon ^a   Aigaki, Toshiro ^a,b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; RAS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CLONING VECTOR; DNA FLANKING REGION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENES, INSECT; GENETIC VECTORS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032909884     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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