New stock collections (DrosDel & pB-MARCM)
We introduce new stock collections that will be ready for distribution soon.
DrosDel deficiency collection
This is a second-generation deficiency kit for Drosophila melanogaster composed of molecularly mapped deletions on an isogenic background, covering 77% of the genome, established by researchers in European countries. Stocks will be available from DGRC in Kyoto in March 2008.
Detail information will be obtained from DrosDel home page:
http://www.drosdel.org.uk/index.html
PBac{DsRed} insertion strains
This collection consists of about 2000 strains possessing the autosomal
insertions of a new piggyBac vector, made by the laboratory of Professor L. Luo at Stanford University. The strains have following properties: 1) all strains have a insertion inside ~1400 independent transcriptional units; 2) all insertions are on FRT bearing chromosomes; 3) the piggyBac vector have splicing acceptor and a termination of translation in all three frames, thus improving mutagenicity; 4) the marker on the vector is a DsRed protein, enabling easier viewing of mosaic clones labeled with GFP. Stocks will be available from DGRC in Kyoto from June 2008.
Announcement will be made on this page when stocks are ready to be ordered.
