Drpiwi-1 is essential for germline cell formation during sexualization of the planarian Dugesia ryukyuensis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 361, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 167-176

  Nakagawa, Haruka ^a   Ishizu, Hirotsugu ^a   Hasegawa, Reiko ^a   Kobayashi, Kazuya ^a   Matsumoto, Midori ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germline cell formation; Piwi; Planarians; Stem cell regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DRPIWI 1 GENE; DRPIWI 2 GENE; DRPIWI 3 GENE; DRPIWI 4 GENE; DUGESIA RYUKYUENSIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GERM CELL; GERM LINE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TURBELLARIA;

DUGESIA RYUKYUENSIS; METAZOA; PLANARIA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 83055186510     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.10.014     Document Type: Article

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