The DExH box helicase domain of spindle-E is necessary for retrotransposon silencing and axial patterning during Drosophila oogenesis

G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2247-2257

  Ott, Kristen M ^a   Nguyen, Tram ^a   Navarro, Caryn ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Drosophila; Embryonic patterning; Oogenesis; PiRNA; Retrotransposon; RNA helicase

Indexed keywords

DEXH BOX HELICASE; DYNEIN ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; HELICASE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; SPINDLE E; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FEMALE; GENE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RETROPOSON; SPINDLE E GENE;

EID: 84910656239     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21601836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/g3.114.014332     Document Type: Article

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