A protocol for genetic induction and visualization of benign and invasive tumors in cephalic complexes of Drosophila melanogaster

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 79, 2013, Pages

  Srivastava, Ajay ^a  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benign tumors; Cephalic complex; Drosophila; Drosophila melanogaster; Imaginal discs; Invasive tumors; Issue 79; Medicine; Mosaic Analysis with a Repressible Cell Marker technique; Neoplasm metastasis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884189316     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50624     Document Type: Article

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