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The germ cell-less gene product: a posteriorly localized component necessary for germ cell development in Drosophila.
Cell - 21 Aug 1992
Jongens T A, Hay B, Jan L Y, Jan Y N
Abstract excerpt
The first cell fate specification process in the Drosophila embryo, formation of the germline precursors, requires posteriorly localized germ plasm. We have cloned a gene, germ cell-less (gcl), required for germline formation. Posterior localization of the gcl messenger RNA (mRNA) requires the function of those genes essential for the localization of both nanos RNA, which specifies the abdomen, and the germ cell...
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