Evidence for a transport-trap mode of Drosophila melanogaster gurken mRNA localization.
The Drosophila melanogaster gurken gene encodes a TGF alpha-like signaling molecule that is secreted from the oocyte during two distinct stages of oogenesis to define the coordinate axes of the follicle cell epithelium that surrounds the oocyte and its 15 anterior nurse cells. Because the gurken rec...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-11-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2980492?pdf=render |