Nanos and Pumilio have critical roles in the development and function of Drosophila germline stem cells

Development

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 679-690

  Forbes, Alexandria ^a   Lehmann, Ruth ^a  

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

Author keywords

Drosophila; Germ cell; Germline; Migration; Nanos; Oogenesis; Pumilio; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOTYPE; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RNA TRANSLATION; STEM CELL; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES, INSECT; GERM CELLS; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 0031885720     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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