Apoptosis of nurse cells at the late stages of oogenesis of Drosophila melanogaster

Development Genes and Evolution

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 106-112

  Cavaliere, Valeria ^a   Taddei, Carlo ^a   Gargiulo, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Drosophila melanogaster; Nurse cells; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; MUTATION; OOGENESIS; OVARY;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0031776009     PISSN: 0949944X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050160     Document Type: Article

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