Drosophila reporter vectors compatible with φC31 integrase transgenesis techniques and their use to generate new notch reporter fly lines

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 79-82

  Housden, Ben E ^a   Millen, Kat ^a   Bray, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

C31 integrase; Drosophila; Fluorescent protein; Notch; Reporter plasmids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869147141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.111.001321     Document Type: Article

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