The egghead gene product influences oocyte differentiation by follicle cell-germ cell interactions in Drosophila melanogaster

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 131-140

  Rübsam, Ralph ^a   Hollmann, Martin ^b,c   Simmerl, Elfriede ^b   Lammermann, Ulrich ^b   Schäfer, Mireille A ^c   Büning, Jürgen ^a   Schäfer, Ulrich ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drosophila oogenesis; Egh function; Follicle formation; Oocyte differentiation

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; EMBRYONIC INDUCTION; FEMALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PHENOTYPE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER;

EID: 17144440482     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00023-9     Document Type: Article

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