Fine scale analysis of gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster gonads reveals Programmed cell death 4 promotes the differentiation of female germline stem cells

BMC Developmental Biology

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Cash, Amy C ^a   Andrews, Justen ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MAMMALIA;

APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEIN; BAM PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR 4A; PDCD4 PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; RNA BINDING PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DNA MICROARRAY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEM CELL; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4A; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OVARY; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STEM CELLS; TESTIS;

EID: 84855805956     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471213X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-213X-12-4     Document Type: Article

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