Requirement of RBP9, a Drosophila Hu homolog, for regulation of cystocyte differentiation and oocyte determination during oogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 2505-2514

  Kim Ha, Jeongsil ^a   Kim, Juri ^a   Kim, Young Joon ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC STABILITY; GROWTH REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032941285     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.4.2505     Document Type: Article

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