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Tosca: a Drosophila gene encoding a nuclease specifically expressed in the female germline.
Developmental biology - 25 Aug 1996
Digilio F A, Pannuti A, Lucchesi J C, Furia M, Polito L C
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We describe here a Drosophila gene, tosca (tos), that is specifically expressed in the female germline. tos mRNA accumulates selectively within the pro-oocyte in germarial region 2 and persists throughout oogenesis. In the early embryo, the maternally supplied tos mRNA is evenly distributed at the syncytial blastoderm stage, but is excluded from the forming cells when cellularization begins. tos product is the...
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