GAL4 system in Drosophila: A fly geneticist's Swiss army knife

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-15

  Duffy, Joseph B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BINDING SITE; CELL CULTURE; DNA VECTOR; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SWITCHING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KNOCKOUT GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STOP CODON; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0036741796     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10150     Document Type: Review

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