The cell cycle program in germ cells of the Drosophila embryo

Developmental Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 160-170

  Su, Tin Tin ^a   Campbell, Shelagh D ^a,b   O'Farrell, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cdc2; Cdc25; Cell cycle; Drosophila; Germ cells; Mitosis; Pole cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO POLARITY; GERM CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER; METAZOA; VITACEAE;

EID: 0032523171     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8855     Document Type: Article

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