The RNA product of the Doc retrotransposon is localized on the Drosophila oocyte cytoskeleton

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 497-504

  Zhao, D ^a   Bownes, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Oocyte; Retrotransposon; Transposable element

Indexed keywords

COAT PROTEIN; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE ISOLATION; GENOME; GERM LINE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYTENE CHROMOSOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPOSON; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; CYTOSKELETON; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENES, INSECT; MALE; OOCYTES; RETROELEMENTS; RNA;

EID: 0031960778     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050675     Document Type: Article

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