The art and design of genetic screens: Drosophila melanogaster

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 176-188

  St Johnston, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; RECOMBINASE;

CLONAL VARIATION; CLONE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM LINE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPPRESSOR GENE; TECHNIQUE; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); EYE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; GENES, SUPPRESSOR; GENETIC SCREENING; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036244951     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg751     Document Type: Review

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