Expression of multiple transgenes from a single construct using viral 2A peptides in Drosophila

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Daniels, Richard W ^a   Rossano, Adam J ^b   Macleod, Gregory T ^b,c   Ganetzky, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2A PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; FLUORESCENT PROTEIN 583; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHUTTLE VECTOR; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; PLASMID; TESCHOVIRUS;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC VECTORS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOTOR NEURONS; PEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TESCHOVIRUS; TRANSGENES; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84903182269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0100637     Document Type: Article

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