GAL4 enhancer trap targeting of the Drosophila sex determination gene fruitless

Genesis (United States)

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 236-246

  Dornan, Anthony J ^a   Gailey, Donald A ^b   Goodwin, Stephen F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central and peripheral nervous system; Drosophila; GAL4 UAS system; Gene and enhancer traps; Male courtship behavior; Muscle of Lawrence; Targeted transposition

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; ENHANCER REGION; FEMALE; FRUITLESS GENE; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MALE; MALE STERILITY; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 23844504306     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gene.20143     Document Type: Article

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