Article
The role of fs(1)K10 in the localization of the mRNA of the TGF alpha homolog gurken within the Drosophila oocyte.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Jun 1995
Serano T L, Karlin-McGinness M, Cohen R S
Abstract excerpt
A critical step in Drosophila dorsoventral patterning is the movement of gurken mRNA from the anterior cortex of the oocyte to the oocyte's anterodorsal corner at stage 8 of oogenesis. Such movement is dependent on fs(1)K10. It has been proposed that fs(1)K10 mediates gurken mRNA movement by down-regulating gurken mRNA levels, thus ensuring that gurken mRNA does not saturate its receptors located in the oocyte's...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Polarity
- Down-Regulation
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Female
- Genes, Insect
- Insect Hormones
- Male
- Mutation
- Oocytes
- Oogenesis
