Regulatory Relationship among piwi, pumilio, and bag-of-marbles in Drosophila Germline Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Differentiation
Szakmary A, Cox DN, Wang Z, Lin H. Regulatory Relationship among piwi, pumilio, and bag-of-marbles in Drosophila Germline Stem Cell Self-Renewal and Differentiation. Current Biology 2005, 15: 171-178. PMID: 15668175, DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2005.01.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGermline stem cellsPiwi functionDrosophila ovarian germline stem cellsOvarian germline stem cellsStem Cell Self-RenewalFunction of PiwiDifferentiated daughter cellsCell Self-RenewalGerm cell divisionBam proteinCystoblast differentiationBam expressionMutant ovariesNiche signalsDouble mutantDaughter cellsDifferentiation genesPiwiCell divisionNiche cellsRegulatory relationshipsSelf-RenewalGerm cellsMutantsCystoblasts