Number of nuclear divisions in the drosophila blastoderm controlled by onset of zygotic transcription

Current Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 133-138

  Sung, Hung Wei ^a   Spangenberg, Saskia ^a   Vogt, Nina ^b   Großhans, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II; VFL PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLASTODERM; CELL CYCLE; DROSOPHILA; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; ZYGOTE;

ANIMALS; BLASTODERM; CELL CYCLE; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; GENOME, INSECT; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZYGOTE;

VITACEAE;

EID: 84872675024     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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