Mei-P26 Cooperates with Bam, Bgcn and Sxl to Promote Early Germline Development in the Drosophila Ovary

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Li, Yun ^a   Zhang, Qiao ^a   Carreira Rosario, Arnaldo ^a   Maines, Jean Z ^a,c   McKearin, Dennis M ^b   Buszczak, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Tarrant County College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 1 PROTEIN; BAM PROTEIN; BGCN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NANOS PROTEIN; PROTEIN MEI P26; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; SEX LETHAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GENE REPRESSION; GERM LINE; GERMLINE CYST DEVELOPMENT; GERMLINE STEM CELL; NANOS GENE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SELF RENEWAL; STEM CELL; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DNA HELICASES; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; OVARY; OVUM; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84875149727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058301     Document Type: Article

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