Two-color GFP imaging demonstrates cell-autonomy of GAL4-driven RNA interference in Drosophila

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 170-173

  Van Roessel, Peter ^a   Hayward, Neil M ^a   Barros, Claudia S ^a   Brand, Andrea H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GENE PRODUCT; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENHANCER REGION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; IMAGING SYSTEM; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SILENCER GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE;

DROSOPHILA;

EID: 0036743638     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.10146     Document Type: Article

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