Drosophila development: RNA interference ab ovo

Item Type:	Editorial
Title:	Drosophila development: RNA interference ab ovo
Creators Name:	Chekulaeva, M. and Ephrussi, A.
Abstract:	A novel protein required for RNA interference in Drosophila, Armitage, was identified in a screen for genes involved in embryonic axis formation. In armitage mutants, oocyte polarity and the regulation of oskar mRNA translation are impaired, suggesting that RNA silencing regulates the first steps of Drosophila development.
Keywords:	Body Patterning, Cell Polarity, Drosophila Proteins, Oocytes, Oogenesis, Messenger RNA, RNA Helicases, RNA-Induced Silencing Complex, RNA Interference, Small Interfering RNA, Animals, Drosophila
Source:	Current Biology
ISSN:	0960-9822
Publisher:	Cell Press
Volume:	14
Number:	11
Page Range:	R428-R430
Date:	8 June 2004
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.05.036
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