Mutations in Nop60B, the Drosophila homolog of human Dyskeratosis congenita 1, affect the maintenance of the germ-line stem cell lineage during spermatogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-199

  Kauffman, Tate ^a   Tran, John ^a,b   DiNardo, Stephen ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Dyskeratosis congenita; Spermatogenesis; Stem cells; Testicular atrophy

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL LOSS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; DYSKERATOSIS CONGENITA; EXCISION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HAPLOIDY; MEIOSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SOMATIC CELL; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEM CELL; TESTIS ATROPHY; TRANSGENE;

EID: 0037440376     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(02)00013-1     Document Type: Article

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