Functional characterization of the sciarid BhC4-1 core promoter in transgenic Drosophila

BMC Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Garcia, Adriana C ^a   Gitaí, Daniel L G ^a,b   Humann, Fernanda C ^a   Paçó Larson, Maria L ^a   Monesi, Nadia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4; INSECT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BHC41 GENE; DROSOPHILA; FBP1 GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; SALIVARY GLAND; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER REGION; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

BRADYSIA HYGIDA; HEXAPODA; NEPTUNIA; SCIARIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DIPTERA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; INSECT PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SALIVARY GLANDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSGENES;

EID: 79960860009     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2199-12-32     Document Type: Article

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