A novel approach for directing transgene expression in Drosophila: T2A-Gal4 in-frame fusion

Genetics

Volumn 190, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1139-1144

  Diao, Fengqiu ^a   White, Benjamin H ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GAL4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUSION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSGENE;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL GENE FUSION; CELL LINE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ORDER; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSGENES;

EID: 84858234279     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.111.136291     Document Type: Note

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