The origin of asymmetry: Early polarisation of the Drosophila germline cyst and oocyte

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Huynh, Jean René ^a   St Johnston, Daniel ^b  

^a INSTITUT JACQUES MONOD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL POLARITY; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETICS; MITOSIS SPINDLE; MORPHOGENESIS; MUTATION; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL POLARITY; CYTOPLASM; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; MITOTIC SPINDLE APPARATUS; MUTATION; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; ORGANELLES; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 2642577603     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.05.040     Document Type: Review

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