Prophenoloxidase as a reporter of gene expression in Drosophila

BioTechniques

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1004-1009

  True, John R ^a   Kopp, Artyom ^a   Carroll, Sean B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYMES; GENES;

TRANSGENIC FLIES;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MONOPHENOL MONOOXYGENASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DROSOPHILA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPORTER GENE;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0035015097     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/01305st06     Document Type: Article

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