Germline mutations induced by N-nitroso-N-ethylurea do not affect the inserted copia retrotransposon in a Drosophila melanogaster wa mutant

Mutagenesis

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 527-531

  Baldrich, E ^a   Velazquez A ^a   Xamena, N ^a   Cabré, Oriol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; ETHYLNITROSOUREA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DRUG EXPOSURE; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CROSS; GERM LINE; INDUCED MUTATION; MALE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RETROPOSON; REVERTANT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOME;

ALKYLATING AGENTS; ALLELES; ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; EYE COLOR; EYE PROTEINS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; MALE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHENOTYPE; RETROELEMENTS; X CHROMOSOME;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; INSERTION SEQUENCES; MELANOGASTER; PRUNUS ARMENIACA;

EID: 0344034798     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/geg025     Document Type: Article

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