Induced somatic and germinal reversion of the white-spotted-1 insertional mutant phenotype in Drosophila melanogaster

Mutagenesis

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-206

  Soriano, S ^a   Velazquez A ^a   Marcos, R ^a   Cabre O ^a   Xamena, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATING AGENT; DNA; MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE INSERTION; GERM LINE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; RETROPOSON; REVERTANT; SOMATIC MUTATION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ETHYL METHANESULFONATE; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RETROELEMENTS;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 2642646196     PISSN: 02678357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mutage/13.2.199     Document Type: Article

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