Poly is required for nurse-cell chromosome dispersal and oocyte polarity in Drosophila

Fly

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-136

  Klusza, Stephen ^a   Deng, Wu Min ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Germ line; Nurse cell; Oocyte polarity; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOPODA;

EID: 77952723686     PISSN: 19336934     EISSN: 19336942     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/fly.4.2.11954     Document Type: Article

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