Green fluorescent protein as a convenient and versatile marker for studies on functional genomics in Drosophila

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 93-98

  Nagel, Anja C ^a   Maier, Dieter ^a   Preiss, Anette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Green fluorescent protein; Mosaicism; RNA interference; Transgenesis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0036941307     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00427-002-0210-y     Document Type: Article

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