Egfr signaling controls the size of the stem cell precursor pool in the Drosophila ovary

Mechanisms of Development

Volumn 130, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 241-253

  Matsuoka, Shinya ^a,b   Hiromi, Yasushi ^a,b   Asaoka, Miho ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Egfr signaling; Gametogenesis; Germline stem cell; Ovary; Primordial germ cell

Indexed keywords

DALLY PROTEIN; DECAPENTAPLEGIC PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL MATURATION; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GERMLINE STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; LIGANDS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; PROTEOGLYCANS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE PEPTIDE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84875885319     PISSN: 09254773     EISSN: 18726356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mod.2013.01.002     Document Type: Article

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