Somatic gonadal cells: The supporting cast for the germline

Genesis

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 753-775

  Jemc, Jennifer C ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Mesoderm; Organogenesis; Stem cell niche

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; FAT BODY; GAMETE; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MESODERM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL NICHE; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; GONADS; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL NICHE;

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER;

EID: 80054058681     PISSN: 1526954X     EISSN: 1526968X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvg.20784     Document Type: Article

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