A novel group of pumilio mutations affects the asymmetric division of germline stem cells in the Drosophila ovary

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 2463-2476

  Lin, Haifan ^a,b   Spradling, Allan C ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric division; Drosophila; Germline; Pumilio; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; GERM CELLS; INSECT PROTEINS; LARVA; MALE; MUTATION; ORGANELLES; OVARY; OVUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERMATOZOA; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030755562     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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