Article
Requirement for the vasa RNA helicase in gurken mRNA localization.
Developmental biology - 1 Jul 1998
Tinker R, Silver D, Montell D J
Abstract excerpt
Localization of specific mRNAs to distinct sites within the Drosophila oocyte is an early and key step in establishing the anterior-posterior and dorsal-ventral axes. We describe a new function for the RNA helicase encoded by the "posterior" group gene vasa (vas) in control of localization of the...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Body Patterning
- Cell Compartmentation
- DEAD-box RNA Helicases
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Epistasis, Genetic
- Female
- Genes, Insect
- Genetic Complementation Test
- Infertility, Female
- Insect Proteins
- Mutation
- Oocytes
- Oogenesis
- Phenotype
- RNA Helicases