Mago Nashi, Tsunagi/Y14, and Ranshi form a complex that influences oocyte differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster

Developmental Biology

Volumn 339, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 307-319

  Lewandowski, Jordan P ^a   Sheehan, Kathy B ^b   Bennett Jr , Paul E ^b   Boswell, Robert E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Exon junction complex; Localization; Mago Nashi; Oogenesis; Tsunagi Y14

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MAGO NASHI PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RANSHI PROTEIN; TSUNAGI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA REPLICATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EXON; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RNA SPLICING; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAGO;

EID: 76949094154     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.12.035     Document Type: Article

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