Four-dimensional gene expression control: memories on the fly.
To understand the role of a gene in adult behavior, it is necessary to control its expression in four dimensions: space and time. Two recent papers describe implementation of different but related technologies that now provide this missing element in fly behavioral research.
Leung
Benjamin
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Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester MA 01605, USA.
Waddell
Scott
S
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000502:physiology*; D018390:Gene Targeting; D017344:Genes, Insect / Q000502:physiology; D005812:Genes, Switch / Q000502:physiology; D008958:Models, Molecular