A genetic screen based on in vivo RNA imaging reveals centrosome-independent mechanisms for localizing gurken transcripts in Drosophila

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 749-760

  Hayashi, Rippei ^a,b   Wainwright, S Mark ^a,c   Liddell, Sophie J ^a   Pinchin, Sheena M ^a   Horswell, Stuart ^a   Ish Horowicz, David ^a,d  

^a London Research Institute   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Molecular Biotechnology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microtubules; Mutant mapping; Oogenesis; RNA localization; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARMI PROTEIN; CG33522 PROTEIN; ELG1 PROTEIN; GURKEN; KLC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MESYLIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; SATURN PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CENTROSOME; CHROMOSOME ARM; DROSOPHILA; ENDOREDUPLICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; IN VIVO STUDY; INDUCED MUTATION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 84898887583     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.010462     Document Type: Article

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