Zfrp8/PDCD2 is required in ovarian stem cells and interacts with the piRNA pathway machinery

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 259-268

  Minakhina, Svetlana ^a   Changela, Neha ^a   Steward, Ruth ^a  

^a RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Germline stem cells; piRNA pathway; Somatic stem cells

Indexed keywords

PIWI INTERACTING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN RP 8;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA; FEMALE; GERMLINE STEM CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL; TRANSPOSON; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84891544465     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.101410     Document Type: Article

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