Germ cell specification and migration in Drosophila and beyond

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Santos, Ana C ^a,b   Lehmann, Ruth ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; TRE1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; WUNEN PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; DROSOPHILA; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GONAD; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOVEMENT; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENES; GERM CELLS; GONADS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOSPHATIDATE PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; ZEBRAFISH;

ANIMALIA; DANIO RERIO; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3342947771     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.07.018     Document Type: Review

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