Focusing transgene expression in drosophila by Coupling Gal4 with a Novel Split-Lex A Expression System

Genetics

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 229-233

  Ting, Chun Yuan ^a   Gu, Stephanie ^a   Guttikonda, Sudha ^a   Lin, Tzu Yang ^a   White, Benjamin H ^b   Lee, Chi Hon ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEXA PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC MANIPULATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 79955937977     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.126193     Document Type: Note

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