Repression of primordial germ cell differentiation parallels germ line stem cell maintenance

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 981-986

  Gilboa, Lilach ^a   Lehmann, Ruth ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAG OF MARBLES PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DPP PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NANOS PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; PHOTOPROTEIN; PUMILIO PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; GONAD; HEAT; LARVA; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; GONADS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEAT; LARVA; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; OVARY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2642520551     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.05.049     Document Type: Article

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