Article
Post-transcriptional regulation of gurken by encore is required for axis determination in Drosophila.
Development (Cambridge, England) - 1 Dec 1997
Hawkins N C, Van Buskirk C, Grossniklaus U, Schüpbach T
Abstract excerpt
Establishment of anterior-posterior and dorsal-ventral polarity within the Drosophila egg chamber requires signaling between the germline and the somatic cells of the ovary. The gene gurken (grk) encodes a TGFalpha-like protein that is localized within the developing oocyte and is thought to loca...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Patterning
- Cold Temperature
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Embryo, Nonmammalian
- ErbB Receptors
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Insect Proteins
- Mutation
- Oogenesis
- Ovarian Follicle
- Ovum
- RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
- Transforming Growth Factor alpha
- Transforming Growth Factors