Different aubergine alleles confirm the specificity of different RNAi pathways in Drosophila melanogaster

Fly

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 170-172

  Specchia, Valeria ^a   Bozzetti, Maria Pia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aubergine; Crystal stellate; Drosophila; Heterochromatin; Rnai

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

AUBERGINE PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERM CELLS; MALE; PEPTIDE INITIATION FACTORS; RNA INTERFERENCE;

EID: 68949184679     PISSN: 19336934     EISSN: 19336942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/fly.8054     Document Type: Article

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