The germ line regulates somatic cyst cell proliferation and fate during Drosophila spermatogenesis

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2437-2447

  Gönczy, Pierre ^a,b   Dinardo, Stephen ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Drosophila; Germ line soma interaction; Spermatogenesis; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GERM LINE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029840723     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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