Complex function and expression of Delta during Drosophila oogenesis.

doi:10.1093/genetics/133.4.967

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Complex function and expression of Delta during Drosophila oogenesis.

Genetics - 1 Apr 1993

Bender L B, Kooh P J, Muskavitch M A

Abstract excerpt

Delta (Dl) encodes a cell surface protein that mediates cell-cell interactions central to the specification of a variety of cell fates during embryonic and postembryonic development of Drosophila melanogaster. We find that the Delta protein is expressed intermittently in follicle cells and in ger...

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Alleles
Animals
Drosophila Proteins
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Gene Expression
Insect Hormones
Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Larva
Male
Membrane Proteins
Mutation
Oogenesis
Ovary
Receptors, Notch

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