Sex-lethal facilitates the transition from germline stem cell to committed daughter cell in the Drosophila ovary

Genetics

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 121-132

  Chau, Johnnie ^a   Kulnane, Laura Shapiro ^a   Salz, Helen K ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN B; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; SEX LETHAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SNF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BAM PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; CYCB PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SXL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MUTANT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER CELL; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GERM LINE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY CELL; OVARY TUMOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; OVARY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CYCLIN B; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GERM CELLS; MALE; OOGENESIS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 67849094224     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.109.100693     Document Type: Article

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