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Maternal Messenger RNA as a Determinant of Pole Cell Formation in Drosophila Embryos
Author(s) -
OKADA MASUKICHI,
KOBAYASHI SATORU
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
development, growth and differentiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1440-169X
pISSN - 0012-1592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1987.00185.x
Subject(s) - germ plasm , embryo , microbiology and biotechnology , messenger rna , cleavage (geology) , rna , biology , drosophila (subgenus) , genetics , gene , paleontology , fracture (geology)
Some polar plasm components are UV‐sensitive. Messenger RNA extracted from oocytes or cleavage embryos can to induce pole cells in embryos that have been deprived of ability to form pole cells by UV‐irradiation. This article reviews studies on the role of this mRNA in the developmental pathway leading to germ cell formation.