DROSOPHILA INFORMATION NEWSLETTER
Volume 1, January 1990
The Drosophila Information Newsletter has been established
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Carl Thummel Kathy Matthews
Dept. of Human Genetics Dept. of Biology
Univ. of Utah Medical Center Indiana University
Salt Lake City, UT 84132 Bloomington, IN 47405
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DIN Vol. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS
>Introduction to Drosophila Information Newsletter
>How to subscribe to the Newsletter
>TABLE OF CONTENTS
>ANNOUNCEMENTS
>DIS Vol. 70 - Traditional DIS
>32nd Drosophila Research Conference
>Corrections to Ashburner Drosophila Handbook and Manual
>REQUESTS FOR MATERIALS
>Clones needed for Drosophila genome project
>DATABASES/COMPUTING
>Integrated Drosophila Database
>Drosophila genetic maps
>Drosophila GENMAP database
>IUBIO//Stock center stock lists
>GENETIC NOTES
>Conventions for the naming of genes and their alleles
>TECHNICAL NOTES
>Drosophila codon tables
>A single base error in the pCaSpeR-Bgal polylinker
>P element-mediated transformation of D. melanogaster using
purified P element transposase
>Targeted tissue-specific expression of genes in Drosophila
- A P element expression system that uses the Gal4
activator
>Whole mount in situ hybridization to imaginal discs using
digoxygenin labeled DNA probes
>Antibody staining of imaginal discs
>Single-fly DNA preps for PCR; Inverse PCR
>Topical insecticide test method for Drosophila
>EQUIPMENT
>Population bottle update
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