Development of the bi-partite Gal4-UAS system in the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Lynd, Amy ^a   Lycett, Gareth John ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLPEPTIDASE; LUCIFERASE; PEPTIDASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GAL4 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; ENZYME REGULATION; GAL4 GENE; GAL4 UAS SYSTEM; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HETEROZYGOTE; IN VIVO STUDY; INSECT GENETICS; MIDGUT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; ANIMAL; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GENETICS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, REPORTER; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; LUCIFERASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84856862137     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031552     Document Type: Article

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