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Localization and function of Bam protein require the benign gonial cell neoplasm gene product.
Developmental biology - 15 Aug 1999
Lavoie C A, Ohlstein B, McKearin D M
Abstract excerpt
Division of a female Drosophila stem cell produces a daughter stem cell and a cystoblast. The cystoblast produces a syncytial cluster of 16 cells by precisely four mitotic divisions and incomplete cytokinesis. Mutations in genes required for cystoblast differentiation, such as bag-of-marbles, block syncytial cluster formation and produce a distinctive "tumorous" or hyperplastic germ cell phenotype. In this paper,...
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