Cell ablation using wild-type and cold-sensitive Ricin-A chain in Drosophila embryonic mesoderm

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 132-134

  Allen, Marcus J ^a,b   O'Kane, Cahir J ^a   Moffat, Kevin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN RACS2; PROTEIN UAS RTA; RICIN A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSGENE; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036743637     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10129     Document Type: Article

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