Wingless signaling initiates mitosis of primordial germ cells during development in Drosophila

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 125, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 498-507

  Sato, Takuya ^a   Ueda, Sachie ^a   Niki, Yuzo ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Mitosis; Primordial germ cell; Sexual dimorphism; Wnt signaling

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; WNT1 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DOWN REGULATION; DROSOPHILA; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INSECT DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CROSSES, GENETIC; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; HEAT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MITOSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 41949097518     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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