Refined LexA transactivators and their use in combination with the Drosophila Gal4 system

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 37, 2010, Pages 16166-16171

  Yagi, Ryohei ^a   Mayer, Franz ^a   Basler, Konrad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Binary transcriptional system; Genetic tools

Indexed keywords

LEXA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; BRINKER PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DPP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOSAICISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYOLOGY; ENHANCER REGION; FORELIMB; GENETICS; METABOLISM; REPORTER GENE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENES, REPORTER; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; WING;

EID: 77957984712     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005957107     Document Type: Article

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