Technique Articles

Acosta, M. and B. Goñi. 2000. A technique for collecting and examining a large number of eggs. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83: 174-175.
Andreadis, D.K., and C.R.B. Boake. 1999. An inexpensive method for recording Drosophila song. Dros. Inf. Serv. 82: 95-97.
Bertucci, Lisa A., and Mohamed A.F. Noor. 2001. Single fly total RNA preparations for RT-PCR.Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 166-168.
Bonacum, J., R. DeSalle, P. O’Grady, D. Olivera, J. Wintermute, and M. Zilversmit. 2001. New nuclear and mitochondrial primers for systematics and comparative genomics in Drosophilidae. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 201-204.
Busseau, Isabelle and Alain Bucheton. 1999. A Drosophila enhancer detector transposon marked with the yellow gene. Dros. Inf. Serv. 82: 94-95.
Cabral, H., M.T. Ruiz, C.M.A. Cararetoand G.O. Bonilla-Rodriguez. 2000. A plant proteinase, extracted from Bromelia fastuosa, as an alternative to proteinase K for DNA extraction. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83:178-185.
Chandra, Prafulla K., and Dileep N. Deobagkar. 2001. Localizing multiple probes on the same chromosome preparation of Drosophila: A multi-well in situ hybridization technique. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 183-185.
Clancy, David J., and W. Jason Kennington. 2001. A simple method to achieve consistent larval density in bottle cultures. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 168-169.
Colton, L., and J.B. Clark. 2001. Comparison of DNA isolation methods and storage conditions for successful amplification of Drosophila genes using PCR. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 180-182.
Czank, Andreas, and Eric Kubli. 2001. forever young: a gene facilitating the study of the third larval instar of D. melanogaster.. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 175.
Das, Arpan, and Jayanta Kundu. 2000. ROOMI Technique - a novel staining technique. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83: 190-191.
Dueñas, I.E., M.E. Heres, P.L. Castañeda, and U. Graf. 2002. Easy raising of Drosophila melanogaster on a medium consisting of mashed potato flakes and a preservative solution. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 166.
Drapeau, Mark D. 2000. Supplying food vials with paper. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83: 171.
Drapeau, Mark D., and Anthony D. Long. 2000. The Copulatron, a multi-chamber apparatus for observing Drosophila courtship behaviors. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83: 194-196.
Farkaš, Robert. 2001. Easy and fast detection of vacuoles in cell death committed prepupal salivary glands of Drosophila melanogaster by acridine orange. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 172-174.
Garcia, R.N., L. Basso da Silva, and V.L.S. Valente. 2000. Banding techniques for Drosophila willistoni mitotic chromosomes. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83: 191-194.
Gemkow, Mark J. 1999. Fly-FISHing: A protocol to localize single copy genes inside the nucleus in whole mount embryos. Dros. Inf. Serv. 82: 91-94.
Hanner, Robert, and Brian Webster. 2001. Cryopreservation of whole flies, a technique for the preparation of genetic voucher specimens. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 185-186.
Kacmarczyk, Thadeous. 2000. An aspirator fly trap. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83: 197-198.
Kass, Jason, Ruben Artero, and Mary K. Baylies. 2000. Non-radioactive electrophoretic mobility shift assay using digoxigenin-ddUTP labeled probes. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83: 185-188.
Kiger, John A., Jr., and Christopher I. Ho. 2001. P repressor as a tool to analyze GAL4/UAS enhancer trap phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 188-199.
Kopp, Artyom, and Ian Duncan. 2000. Technical tips for analyzing gene expression in the pupal abdomen of Drosophila. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83: 196-197.
Lefranc, Agnès, and J. Bundgaard. 2000. Controlled variation of body size by larval crowding in Drosophila melanogaster. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83:171-174.
Lilly, Brenda, and Juan Botas. 1999. An efficient mutagenesis screen to generate duplications of polytene section 8 on the X chromosome of Drosophila melanogaster. Dros. Inf. Serv. 82: 105-112.
Luo, Liqun, Tzumin Lee, Timothy Nardine, Brian Null, and John Reuter. 1999. Using the MARCM system to positively mark mosaic clones in Drosophila. Dros. Inf. Serv. 82:102-105.
Medeiros, H.F., and L.B. Klaczko. 1999. A weakly biased Drosophila trap. Dros. Inf. Serv. 82: 100-102.
Melo Sene, Fabio, and Maura Helena Manfrin. 2001. A CO₂ chamber for anesthetizing Drosophila. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 186-187
Peyre, J-B., and Aigaki, T. 1999. A poor man's GFP desktop viewer. Dros. Inf. Serv. 82: 97-98.
Rudolph, T., B. Lu, T. Westphal, J. Szidonya, J. Eissenberg, and G. Reuter. 1999. New type of CyO and TM3 green balancers. Dros. Inf. Serv. 82:99-100.
Sultan, R., A. Stampas,, M.B. Goldberg, and N.E. Baker. 2001. Drug resistance of bacteria commensal with Drosophila melanogaster in laboratory cultures. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 175-180.
Ui-Tei, Kumiko, and Yuhei Miyata. 2000. Cell lines derived from Drosophila larval central nervous system and their practical applications. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83: 188-189.
Venkatesh, K. 2000. A novel assay to screen for mutants with strong olfactory defects. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83: 15-178.
Waldrip,W.R., N.T. Takaesu, and S.J. Newfeld. 2001. Identification of blue balancers and mutant collections compatible with hobo element transgenes. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 169-172.
Yoshihara, Motojiro, and Kei Ito. 2000. Improved Gal4 screening kit for large-scale generation of enhancer-trap strains. Dros. Inf. Serv. 83: 199-202.
Zilversmit, M., P. O'Grady, M. Russello, R. DeSalle. 2001. High throughput sequencing protocols for a survey of genomic characters in the Family Drosophilidae. Dros. Inf. Serv. 84: 199-201.