Kayo Arita

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• Expression of the apoptosis inducer gene head involution defective in primordial germ cells of the Drosophila embryo requires eiger, p53, and loki function
• Maternal RNAs encoding transcription factors for germline-specific gene expression in Drosophila embryos.
• Boss/Sev signaling from germline to soma restricts germline-stem-cell-niche formation in the anterior region of Drosophila male gonads.
• MAMO, a maternal BTB/POZ-Zn-finger protein enriched in germline progenitors is required for the production of functional eggs in Drosophila
• Maternal Nanos represses hid/skl-dependent apoptosis to maintain the germ line in Drosophila embryos.
• Expression of meiotic genes in the germline progenitors of Drosophila embryos
• Isolation of germline cells from Drosophila embryos by flow cytometry.