Germ granules in spermatogenesis of Drosophila: Evidences of contribution to the piRNA silencing

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 130-133

  Kibanov, Mikhail V ^a   Gvozdev, Vladimir A ^a   Olenina, Ludmila V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

chromatoid body; Nuage; piNG body; piRNA pathway; Stellate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865020259     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.18741     Document Type: Short Survey

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