Programming the Drosophila embryo 2: From genotype to phenotype

Cell Biochemistry and Biophysics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-190

  Bodnar, John W ^a,c   Bradley, Margaret K ^b  

^a STEVENSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BIOBASE Corporation   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHROMOSOME MAP; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; METHODOLOGY; MITOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOTYPE; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0035756774     PISSN: 10859195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/CBB:34:2:153     Document Type: Review

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