Temperature-dependent gene silencing by an expressed inverted repeat in Drosophila

Genesis

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 240-244

  Fortier, Eric ^a   Belote, John M ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

RNA; UAS GAL4

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE SILENCING; GENES, INSECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034069181     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1526-968X(200004)26:4<240::AID-GENE40>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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