Maternal Pumilio acts together with Nanos in germline development in Drosophila embryos

Nature Cell Biology

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 431-437

  Asaoka Taguchi, Miho ^a   Yamada, Masashi ^a,b   Nakamura, Akira ^a   Hanyu, Kazuko ^a   Kobayashi, Satoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b Leica Microsystems   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CYCB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CYCLIN B; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; HISTONE; INSECT PROTEIN; NANOS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PUMILIO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOTION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL DIVISION; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CYCLIN B; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; HISTONES; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; MORPHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0033224242     PISSN: 14657392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/15666     Document Type: Article

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