Infection of the germ line by retroviral particles produced in the follicle cells: A possible mechanism for the mobilization of the gypsy retroelement of Drosophila

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 2789-2798

  Song, Sun U ^a,c   Kurkulos, M ^a,b   Boeke, Jef D ^b   Corces, Victor G ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Flamenco; Follicle; Germ line; Gypsy; Oogenesis; Retroelement; Retrovirus

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POL PROTEIN; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ENVELOPE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETROVIRUS; VIRUS ASSEMBLY; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; GENE PRODUCTS, ENV; GENE PRODUCTS, POL; INSECT PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; OVARY; RETROELEMENTS; RETROVIRIDAE PROTEINS; RNA, VIRAL; VIRION;

ANIMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030759351     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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