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. 1984 Sep;3(9):2077-85.
doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1984.tb02094.x.

Functional analysis of the white gene of Drosophila by P-factor-mediated transformation

W J Gehring  1 , R Klemenz, U Weber, U Kloter
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Functional analysis of the white gene of Drosophila by P-factor-mediated transformation

W J Gehring et al. EMBO J. 1984 Sep.

Abstract

A 12-kb DNA segment spanning the white (w) locus of Drosophila has been inserted into a P-transposon vector and used for P-factor-mediated germ-line transformation. Several red-eyed transformants were recovered which complement the white mutant phenotype. Analysis of the eye pigments and the interaction with the zeste mutation indicates that the w gene inserted at several new chromosomal sites is expressed normally. The tissue-specific accumulation of w transcripts, as studied by in situ hybridization to tissue sections, is the same in transformant and wild-type larvae. This indicates that all the genetic information specified by the w locus is contained within this 12-kb segment of DNA. By secondary mobilization it was shown that the w sequences have been inserted as a functional P(w) transposon which is capable of further transposition.

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