Delocalization of polar plasm components caused by grandchildless mutations, gs(1)N26 and gs(1)N441, in Drosophila melanogaster

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 53-60

  Iida, Takako ^a   Kobayashi, Satoru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gs(1)N26; Gs(1)N441; MtlrRNA; Polar plasm

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL RNA;

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CYTOPLASM; DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; INSECT PROTEINS; MUTAGENESIS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA; RNA HELICASES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0034048664     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.2000.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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