Article
oskar mRNA is localized to the posterior pole of the Drosophila oocyte.
Cell - 12 Jul 1991
Kim-Ha J, Smith J L, Macdonald P M
Abstract excerpt
Mutants of the maternal posterior-group genes of Drosophila lack posterior body pattern elements and germ cells, both of which form through the action of determinants localized to the posterior pole of the oocyte. We report that transcripts of one of these genes, oskar, become localized to the posterior pole of oocytes shortly after the oocyte begins to differentiate visibly. Analysis of various posterior-group...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Walking
- Cloning, Molecular
- Cosmids
- Drosophila
- Female
- Genes
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization