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C-terminal residues specific to Vasa among DEAD-box helicases are required for its functions in piRN...

C-terminal residues specific to Vasa among DEAD-box helicases are required for its functions in piRN...

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C-terminal residues specific to Vasa among DEAD-box helicases are required for its functions in piRNA biogenesis and embryonic patterning

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C-terminal residues specific to Vasa among DEAD-box helicases are required for its functions in piRNA biogenesis and embryonic patterning

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

Development genes and evolution, 2016-11, Vol.226 (6), p.401-412

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English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Contents

The DEAD-box RNA helicase Vasa (Vas, also known as DDX4) is required for germ cell development. In
Drosophila
, analysis of hypomorphic mutations has implicated maternally expressed Vas in germ cell formation and posterior embryonic patterning.
vas
-null females, which rarely complete oogenesis, exhibit defects in mitotic progression of...

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C-terminal residues specific to Vasa among DEAD-box helicases are required for its functions in piRNA biogenesis and embryonic patterning

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1846421430

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1846421430

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ISSN

0949-944X,1432-041X

E-ISSN

1432-041X

DOI

10.1007/s00427-016-0560-5

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