Use of mini-white as a reporter gene to screen for GAL4 insertions with spatially restricted expression pattern in the developing eye in Drosophila

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 39-45

  Tang, Chiou Yang ^a   Sun, Y Henry ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; DNA TRANSPOSITION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOMOZYGOTE; LARVA; MINI WHITE GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SCREENING;

DROSOPHILA; INSERTION SEQUENCES;

EID: 0036741782     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10135     Document Type: Article

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