Encore, a gene required for the regulation of germ line mitosis and oocyte differentiation during Drosophila oogenesis

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 281-290

  Hawkins, Nancy C ^a   Thorpe, Julie ^a   Schüpbach, Trudi ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bag of marbles; Drosophila; Encore; Mitosis; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONTROL; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, INSECT; GENES, RECESSIVE; MITOSIS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PROTEINS; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029671193     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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