vasa is expressed in somatic cells of the embryonic gonad in a sex-specific manner in Drosophila melanogaster
Summary Vasa is a DEAD box helicase expressed in the Drosophila germline at all stages of development. vasa homologs are found widely in animals and vasa has become the gene of choice in identifying germ cells. I now show that Drosophila vasa expression is not restricted to the germline but is also...
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| Language: | English |
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The Company of Biologists
2012-08-01
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| Series: | Biology Open |
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| Online Access: | http://bio.biologists.org/content/1/10/1043 |