Quantitative analysis of gene function in the Drosophila embryo

Genetics

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 273-284

  Tracey Jr , William D ^a   Ning, Xiangqun ^a   Klingler, Martin ^a,b   Kramer, Sunita G ^a,c   Gergen, J Peter ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEREDITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VECTORS; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RNA, MESSENGER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0343920869     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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