Generation of Minute phenotypes by a transformed antisense ribosomal protein gene.

Abstract excerpt

Antisense RNAs have been used for gene interference experiments in many cell types and organisms. However, relatively few experiments have been conducted with antisense genes integrated into the germ line. In Drosophila reduced ribosomal protein (r-protein) gene function has been hypothesized to result in a Minute phenotype. In this report we examine the effects of antisense r-protein 49 expression, a gene known...

Topics

• Animals
• Drosophila
• Gene Expression
• Phenotype
• RNA, Antisense
• Reproduction
• Ribosomal Proteins