The purine synthesis gene Prat2 is required for Drosophila metamorphosis, as revealed by inverted-repeat-mediated RNA interference

Genetics

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1621-1631

  Ji, Yingbiao ^a   Clark, Denise V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PHOSPHORIBOSYLAMIDOTRANSFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; TRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESSENTIAL GENE; EUKARYOTE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; INDUCED MUTATION; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PURINE SYNTHESIS; RNA INTERFERENCE; TRANSGENE;

AMIDOPHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENES, LETHAL; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PUPA; PURINES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA INTERFERENCE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 33645226144     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.045641     Document Type: Article

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