An analysis of transvection at the yellow locus of Drosophila melanogaster

Genetics

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 633-651

  Morris, James R ^a   Chen, Ji Long ^b   Filandrinos, Stephen T ^a   Dunn, Rebecca C ^b   Fisk, Ridgely ^a   Geyer, Pamela K ^b   Wu, Chao Ting ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032956285     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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