Induction of indora expression in pole cells by the mesoderm is required for female germ-line development in Drosophila melanogaster

Development

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1023-1029

  Mukai, Masanori ^a   Kashikawa, Maki ^a   Kobayashi, Satoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila melanogaster; Gonadal mesodermal cell; indora; Pole cell; Somatic gonadal precursors

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; MALE; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSECT PROTEINS; MESODERM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVUM; RNA, ANTISENSE;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0033038663     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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