Paternally and maternally transmitted GAL4 transcripts contribute to UAS transgene expression in early Drosophila embryos

Genesis

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 737-743

  Tzortzopoulos, Athanasios ^a   Skoulakis, Efthimios M C ^a  

^a BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH CENTER ALEXANDER FLEMING   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ectopic expression; GAL4; Oocytes; Parental transmission; Testes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INHERITANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, MESSENGER, STORED; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 38549134445     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20350     Document Type: Article

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