Publication Date:
1991-10-11
Description:
Somatic and germline cells interact during oogenesis to establish the pattern axes of the Drosophila eggshell and embryo. The role of the oocyte nucleus in pattern formation was tested with the use of laser ablation. Ablation in stage 6 to 9 egg chambers caused partial or complete ventralization of the eggshell, phenotypes similar to those of eggs produced by gurken or torpedo females. Accumulation of vasa protein at the posterior pole of treated oocytes was also disrupted. Thus the oocyte nucleus is required as late as stage 9 for dorsoventral patterning within the follicle cells and for polar plasm assembly in the oocyte.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Montell, D J -- Keshishian, H -- Spradling, A C -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 Oct 11;254(5029):290-3.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Carnegie Institution of Washington, Baltimore, MD 21210.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1925585" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Animals
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Cell Nucleus/*physiology
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Cell Polarity/physiology
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Drosophila/*embryology
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Egg Shell
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Genes
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Laser Therapy
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Microsurgery
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Morphogenesis
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Mutation
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Oocytes/*physiology
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Oogenesis
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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