From stem cell to egg cell

Elife. 2023 Sep 29:12:e91998. doi: 10.7554/eLife.91998.

Authors

Noor M Kotb^{1

2}, Prashanth Rangan²

Affiliations

¹ University at Albany, State University of New York, Albany, United States.
² Department of Cell, Developmental, and Regenerative Biology, Black Family Stem Cell Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States.

Abstract

Experiments on female fruit flies reveal more about the molecular mechanisms involved as germline stem cells transition to become egg cells.

Keywords: D. melanogaster; development; gene silencing; germ cell; regenerative medicine; stem cell; stem cells; transposable element.

© 2023, Kotb and Rangan.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Animals
Drosophila
Drosophila Proteins*
Drosophila melanogaster*
Female
Germ Cells
Stem Cells

Substances

Drosophila Proteins