Oocyte determination and the origin of polarity in Drosophila: The role of the spindle genes

Development

Volumn 124, Issue 24, 1997, Pages 4927-4937

  González Reyes, Acaimo ^a   Elliott, Heather ^a   Johnston, Daniel St ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axis formation; Drosophila; Germline; Gurken; Oocyte determination; Oogenesis; Polarity; Spindle genes

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; GENE; GERM LINE; GERMINAL VESICLE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POLARITY; CHORION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENES, INSECT; INSECT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 0031441457     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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