Fragile X mental retardation protein modulates the fate of germline stem cells in Drosophila

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1814-1820

  Yang, Lele ^a   Duan, Ranhui ^a   Chen, Dongsheng ^a,b   Wang, Jun ^a   Chen, Dahua ^a   Jin, Peng ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE PROTEIN 1; CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MICRORNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MICROSCOPY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STEM CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MUTATION; OVARY; STEM CELLS;

EID: 34547830405     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm129     Document Type: Article

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