Oskar organizes the germ plasm and directs localization of the posterior determinant nanos.

doi:10.1016/0092-8674(91)90137-n

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Oskar organizes the germ plasm and directs localization of the posterior determinant nanos.

Cell - 12 Jul 1991

Ephrussi A, Dickinson L K, Lehmann R

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Oskar is one of seven Drosophila maternal-effect genes that are necessary for germline and abdomen formation. We have cloned oskar and show that oskar RNA is localized to the posterior pole of the oocyte when germ plasm forms. This polar distribution of oskar RNA is established during oogenesis i...

Topics

Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Cloning, Molecular
Drosophila
Female
Gene Expression Regulation
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Oocytes
Oogenesis
Restriction Mapping

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