Localization and function of bam protein require the benign gonial cell neoplasm gene product

Developmental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 405-413

  Lavoie, C A ^a   Ohlstein, B ^a   McKearin, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bam protein; Bgcn; Cystoblasts; Fusome; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL MATURATION; CYTOKINESIS; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033566965     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1999.9346     Document Type: Article

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