Regulatory and functional interactions between ovarian tumor and ovo during Drosophila oogenesis

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-14

  Hinson, Shannon ^a   Pettus, Janette ^a   Nagoshi, Rod N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Germline; Oogenesis; Ovarian tumor; Ovo

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MUTATION; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0032834419     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(99)00167-7     Document Type: Article

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