Functional equivalence of germ plasm organizers
Functional equivalence of germ plasm organizers
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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The proteins Oskar (Osk) in Drosophila and Bucky ball (Buc) in zebrafish act as germ plasm organizers. Both proteins recapitulate germ plasm activities but seem to be unique to their animal groups. Here, we discover that Osk and Buc show similar activities during germ cell specification. Drosophila Osk induces additional PGCs in zebrafish. Surprisi...
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Functional equivalence of germ plasm organizers
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_2251022972
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_2251022972
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1553-7404,1553-7390
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1553-7404
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10.1371/journal.pgen.1007696
