Quick Guide to Working with Drosophila Part 3: Genome Engineering in Flies
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Blog Post
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July 28, 2017, 1:30 p.m.
... work with Drosophila as an experimental model organism. I then described the Gal4/UAS system used by ...various plasmids for overexpression and knockdown. Addgene also has a number of insect vectors to consider...easy way to see what is available is to browse Addgene’s Collection under the insect expression system ...species of gene.
Find Gal4 and UAS plasmids at Addgene
Choosing a vector to generate a transgenic fly
... survival. For those interested in development, organs of interest, such as the intestines, can be dissected...have!) (4). The power of Drosophila as a model organism is in its amenability to genetic manipulation....PMCID: PMC3172133.
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