Refinement of tools for targeted gene expression in Drosophila

Genetics

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 735-755

  Pfeiffer, Barret D ^a   Ngo, Teri T B ^a   Hibbard, Karen L ^a   Murphy, Christine ^a   Jenett, Arnim ^a   Truman, James W ^a   Rubin, Gerald M ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN GAL80; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LEXA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENETIC VECTORS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 78951477322     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.119917     Document Type: Article

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