Germ cells in the crustacean Parhyale hawaiensis depend on Vasa protein for their maintenance but not for their formation

Developmental Biology

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 230-239

  Özhan Kizil, Günes ^a   Havemann, Johanna ^a   Gerberding, Matthias ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 UTR; Cell lineage; Germ line; Morpholino; RNA localization

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; PROTEIN VASA; RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CLONING; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CRUSTACEA; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GERM CELL; NONHUMAN; PARHYALE HAWAIENSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEM CELL;

ARTHROPODA; CRUSTACEA; PARHYALE;

EID: 59649127328     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2008.10.028     Document Type: Article

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