Development of the male germline stem cell niche in Drosophila

Developmental Biology

Volumn 294, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 92-103

  Le Bras, Stéphanie ^a   Van Doren, Mark ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

center divider; DE cadherin; DN cadherin; doublesex; Drosophila; escargot; Fasciclin 3; Gonad; Sex determination; Stem cell niche; Testis; transformer; unpaired

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO CELL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO PATTERN FORMATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GERM LINE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEM CELL; X CHROMOSOME; XX MALE; Y CHROMOSOME;

ANIMALIA; HELIX POMATIA; INSECTA;

EID: 33646249367     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.02.030     Document Type: Article

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