Germ line stem cell differentiation in Drosophila requires gap junctions and proceeds via an intermediate state

Development

Volumn 130, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 6625-6634

  Gilboa, Lilach ^a   Forbes, Alexandria ^c   Tazuke, Salli I ^b,d   Fuller, Margaret T ^b   Lehmann, Ruth ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Galleon Hedge Fund   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Gap junction; Germ line; Stem cell; zpg

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; MORPHOGENESIS; OVARY; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0346505117     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.00853     Document Type: Article

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