Dcr-1 Maintains Drosophila Ovarian Stem Cells

Current Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 539-544

  Jin, Zhigang ^a   Xie, Ting ^a,b  

^a STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

DEVBIO

Indexed keywords

BAG OF MARBLES PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DICER 1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DICER-1 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MICRORNA; RIBONUCLEASE; RNA HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDORIBONUCLEASES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICRORNAS; OVARY; RNA HELICASES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33947106486     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.01.050     Document Type: Article

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