Evidence for a highly selective RNA transport system and its role in establishing the dorsoventral axis of the Drosophila egg.

doi:10.1242/dev.114.3.653

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Evidence for a highly selective RNA transport system and its role in establishing the dorsoventral axis of the Drosophila egg.

Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Mar 1992

Cheung H K, Serano T L, Cohen R S

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The specification of cell fates along the dorsoventral axis of the Drosophila embryo is dependent on the asymmetric distribution of proteins within the egg and within the egg's outer membranes. Such asymmetries arise during oogenesis and are dependent on multiple cell-cell interactions between th...

Topics

Animals
Cell Communication
Cloning, Molecular
Drosophila
Female
Molecular Probe Techniques
Morphogenesis
Mutation
Oocytes
Oogenesis
Ovarian Follicle
RNA
Transcription, Genetic

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