title: Transformation of Drosophila cell lines: an alternative approach to exogenous protein expression.
abstract: Techniques and experimental applications are described for exogenous protein expression in Drosophila cell lines. Ways in which the Drosophila cell lines and the baculovirus expression vector system differ in their applications are emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology and Drosophila Genomics Resource Center, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA.
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cherbas
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cherbas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins