Screening assays for heart function mutants in Drosophila

BioTechniques

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-66

  Wessells, Robert J ^a   Bodmer, Rolf ^a  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DISEASES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; POPULATION STATISTICS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CARDIAC STRESS; HEART DISEASE;

MUTAGENESIS;

AGING; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DROSOPHILA; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART STRESS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 3142545145     PISSN: 07366205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2144/04371st01     Document Type: Article

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