A novel Drosophila, mef2-regulated muscle gene isolated in a subtractive hybridisation-based molecular screen using small amounts of zygotic mutant RNA

Developmental Biology

Volumn 220, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-52

  Taylor, Michael V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Drosophila; mef2; Mesoderm; Muscle; Subtractive hybridisation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENOTYPE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MESODERM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034176131     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.2000.9608     Document Type: Article

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