Regulated synthesis, transport and assembly of the Drosophila germ plasm.

doi:10.1016/0168-9525(96)81421-1

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Regulated synthesis, transport and assembly of the Drosophila germ plasm.

Trends in genetics : TIG - 1 Mar 1996

Rongo C, Lehmann R

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Germ cells are set aside during early development and, in many organisms (including Drosophila melanogaster, Caenorhabditis elegans and Xenopus laevis), they form in a unique cytoplasm, termed the germ plasm. The germ plasm is synthesized during oogenesis, and the initial polarization of the oocy...

Topics

Animals
Cell Polarity
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins
Female
Models, Biological
Mutation
Oogenesis
Proteins
RNA

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