Mago Nashi and Tsunagi/Y14, respectively, regulate Drosophila germline stem cell differentiation and oocyte specification

Developmental Biology

Volumn 308, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 507-519

  Parma, David H ^a   Bennett Jr , Paul E ^a   Boswell, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila oogenesis; Exon junction complex; RNA protein localization

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTROSOME; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GERM LINE; INSECT GENETICS; MAGO NASHI GENE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TSUNAGI Y14 GENE; WILD TYPE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAGO;

EID: 34547657964     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2007.06.007     Document Type: Article

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