Determination of gene expression patterns using in situ hybridization to Drosophila testes

Nature Protocols

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1807-1819

  Morris, Ceri A ^a   Benson, Elizabeth ^b,c   White Cooper, Helen ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Journal of Biology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CYCLIN A; MESSENGER RNA; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HYDROLYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID PROBE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SPERMATID; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; DIGOXIGENIN; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 74949135493     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2009.192     Document Type: Article

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