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Nature Genetics 40, 383 - 384 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ng0408-383
Delivery codes for fly transgenics
Thomas C Tubon, Jr1 & Jerry C-P Yin2
- Thomas C. Tubon, Jr. is in the Department of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
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Jerry C.-P. Yin is in the Departments of Genetics and Psychiatry, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA.
e-mail: jcyin@wisc.edu
Abstract
Chromosomal position effects influence the transcription of exogenously introduced transgenes. A new study identifies molecular tools that exploit these properties to fine-tune transgenic gene expression through the use of site-specific integration and the gypsy insulator element.
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