An egalitarian-BicaudalD complex is essential for oocyte specification and axis determination in Drosophila

Genes and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 423-435

  Mach, Jennifer M ^a,c   Lehmann, Ruth ^a,b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

BicD; cell polarity; Drosophila; egl; microtubule organizing center; microtubules; oocyte; oogenesis; RNA localization

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL SELECTION; DROSOPHILA; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSPORT;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031032805     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.11.4.423     Document Type: Article

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