Role of neurogenic genes in establishment of follicle cell fate and oocyte polarity during oogenesis in Drosophila.

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(81)90008-8

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Role of neurogenic genes in establishment of follicle cell fate and oocyte polarity during oogenesis in Drosophila.

Cell - 9 Aug 1991

Ruohola H, Bremer K A, Baker D, Swedlow J R, Jan L Y, Jan Y N

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Oogenesis in Drosophila involves specification of both germ cells and the surrounding somatic follicle cells, as well as the determination of oocyte polarity. We found that two neurogenic genes, Notch and Delta, are required in oogenesis. These genes encode membrane proteins with epidermal growth...

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Animals
Cell Communication
Cell Compartmentation
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Mutation
Nervous System
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Oocytes
Oogenesis
Ovary
RNA, Messenger

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