Punt and schnurri regulate a somatically derived signal that restricts proliferation of committed progenitors in the germline

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 4383-4391

  Matunis, Erika ^a   Tran, John ^a   Gönczy, Pierre ^a,b   Caldwell, Kim ^a   DiNardo, Stephen ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Germline; punt; schnurri; Spermatogenesis; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA; GERM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GERM CELLS; MALE; MITOSIS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0030693882     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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