The little fly that could: Wizardry and artistry of Drosophila genomics

Genes

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 385-414

  Ejsmont, Radoslaw K ^a,b   Hassan, Bassem A ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Genetics; Genomics

Indexed keywords

FRIZZLED PROTEIN; NOTCH RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL GENETICS; BIOMEDICINE; CHROMATIN; COMPARATIVE GENE MAPPING; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS MAPPING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

EID: 84902251597     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes5020385     Document Type: Review

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