Clonal expansion of ovarian germline stem cells during niche formation in Drosophila

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2579-2588

  Zhu, Chun Hong ^a   Xie, Ting ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Germline stem cell; Niche; Ovary

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 2; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DPP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GERM LINE; GONAD; MICROENVIRONMENT; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUPATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; ARACHNIDA; HEXAPODA;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; OVARY; OVUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0041409997     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00499     Document Type: Review

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