Regulatory relationship among piwi, pumilio, and bag-of-marbles in Drosophila germline stem cell self-renewal and differentiation

Current Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-178

  Szakmary, Akos ^a   Cox, Daniel N ^a   Wang, Zhong ^a   Lin, Haifan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAG OF MARBLES PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; PIWI PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PROTEIN; PUMILIO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELLS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARY; PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 12544258206     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.005     Document Type: Article

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