Ectopic gene expression and homeotic transformations in arthropods using recombinant Sindbis viruses

Current Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 1279-1287

  Lewis, David L ^a   Decamillis, Mark A ^a   Brunetti, Craig R ^a   Halder, Georg ^a   Kassner, Victoria A ^a   Selegue, Jane E ^a   Higgs, Stephen ^b   Carroll, Sean B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Immunology and Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; FORELIMB; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; HOMEOTIC GENE; SINDBIS VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; ARBOVIRUS; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; RNA VIRUSES; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 0033581831     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(00)80049-4     Document Type: Article

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