The multi sex combs gene of Drosophila melanogaster is required for proliferation of the germline

Roux's Archives of Developmental Biology

Volumn 205, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 203-214

  Docquier, France ^a   Saget, Olivier ^a   Forquignon, Françoise ^a   Randsholt, Neel B ^a   Santamaria, Pedro ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Cell proliferation; Drosophila melanogaster; Germline development; Multi sex combs; Polycomb group

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMB; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOBOX; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0030069105     PISSN: 0930035X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00365798     Document Type: Article

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