Mitochondrial small ribosomal RNA is present on polar granules in early cleavage embryos of Drosophila melanogaster

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 495-502

  Kashikawa, Maki ^a   Amikura, Reiko ^a   Nakamura, Akira ^a   Kobayashi, Satoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Mitochondrial small ribosomal RNA; Polar granules; Pole cells

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO; EMBRYO POLARITY; GERM LINE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; POLYSOME;

ANIMALS; CELL POLARITY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GERM CELLS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RNA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL;

ANIMALIA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0032814232     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169x.1999.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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