Assembly of the Drosophila germ plasm

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 203, Issue , 2001, Pages 187-213

  Mahowald, A P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Germ plasm; Oskar; Polar granules; Pole cells; Tudor; Vasa

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA;

CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; GAMETOGENESIS; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HEXAPODA; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 0035213589     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(01)03007-8     Document Type: Review

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