PIWI proteins are essential for early drosophila embryogenesis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 385, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 340-349

  Mani, Sneha Ramesh ^a   Megosh, Heather ^b,c   Lin, Haifan ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MCKINSEY AND COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Argonaute 3; Aubergine; Chromosome; Embryonic; Maternal; Mitosis; PIWI

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 3 PROTEIN; AUBERGINE PROTEIN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PIWI PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE ARREST; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; INTERPHASE; MALE; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

ARGONAUTE 3; AUBERGINE; CHROMOSOME; EMBRYONIC; MATERNAL; MITOSIS; PIWI;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84891624371     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: 1095564X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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