Article
Characterization of enhancer-of-white-apricot in Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetics - 1 Dec 1990
Peng X B, Mount S M
Abstract excerpt
The white-apricot (wa) allele differs from the wild-type white gene by the presence of the retrovirus-like transposable element copia within the transcription unit. Most RNAs derived from wa have 3' termini within this insertion, and only small amounts of structurally normal RNA are produced. The...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Blotting, Northern
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Eye Color
- Female
- Heterozygote
- Homozygote
- Male
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype
- Poly A
