The Drosophila dorsoventral patterning gene gurken produces a dorsally localized RNA and encodes a TGF alpha-like protein.

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The Drosophila dorsoventral patterning gene gurken produces a dorsally localized RNA and encodes a TGF alpha-like protein.

Cell - 8 Oct 1993

Neuman-Silberberg F S, Schüpbach T

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Cell-cell interactions in the Drosophila ovary play a crucial role in the establishment of dorsoventral polarity of both the egg shell and the future embryo. Torpedo/DER (top/DER), a homolog of the vertebrate epidermal growth factor receptor, is required for this signaling process in the somatic...

Topics

Alleles
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Blotting, Northern
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Ethyl Methanesulfonate
Female
Fertility
Gene Expression
Insect Hormones
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutagenesis
Ovary
RNA
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid

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PMID: 7691414

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