New hemocyte-specific enhancer-reporter transgenes for the analysis of hematopoiesis in Drosophila

Genesis

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 771-774

  Tokusumi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Shoue, Douglas A ^a   Tokusumi, Yumiko ^a   Stoller, Jessica R ^a   Schulz, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Fluorescent proteins; Hemocytes; Transcriptional enhancers; Transgenic vectors

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; RED FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL LINEAGE; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIESIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENES, REPORTER; HEMATOPOIESIS; HEMOCYTES; TRANSGENES;

EID: 73249135853     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20561     Document Type: Article

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