The tomato/GFP-FLP/FRT method for live imaging of mosaic adult Drosophila photoreceptor cells

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 79, 2013, Pages

  Dourlen, Pierre ^a,b   Levet, Clemence ^a   Mejat, Alexandre ^a   Gambis, Alexis ^c   Mollereau, Bertrand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea neutralization; Degeneration; Development; Developmental; Developmental Biology; Drosophila; Eye; Genes; Issue 79; Live imaging; Mitotic recombination; Neuron; Photoreceptor; Photoreceptor Cells; Visualization

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; RETINA; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELLS, INVERTEBRATE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RETINA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84886850305     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/50610     Document Type: Article

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