TY - JOUR
T1 - Balbiani body, nuage and sponge bodies - The germ plasm pathway players
AU - Kloc, Malgorzata
AU - Jedrzejowska, Izabela
AU - Tworzydlo, Waclaw
AU - Bilinski, Szczepan M.
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Ms. Elzbieta Kisiel and Ms. Wladyslawa Jankowska for their skillful technical assistance. We are also grateful to an anonymous reviewer whose valuable comments helped to improve this article. This work was supported in part by the Iuventus Plus grant IP 2011 057171 from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education to W.T.
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - In many animal species, germ cells are specified by maternally provided, often asymmetrically localized germ cell determinant, termed the germ plasm. It has been shown that in model organisms such as Xenopus laevis, Danio rerio and Drosophila melanogaster germ plasm components (various proteins, mRNAs and mitochondria) are delivered to the proper position within the egg cell by germline specific organelles, i.e. Balbiani bodies, nuage accumulations and/or sponge bodies. In the present article, we review the current knowledge on morphology, molecular composition and functioning of these organelles in main lineages of arthropods and different ovary types on the backdrop of data derived from the studies of the model vertebrate species.
AB - In many animal species, germ cells are specified by maternally provided, often asymmetrically localized germ cell determinant, termed the germ plasm. It has been shown that in model organisms such as Xenopus laevis, Danio rerio and Drosophila melanogaster germ plasm components (various proteins, mRNAs and mitochondria) are delivered to the proper position within the egg cell by germline specific organelles, i.e. Balbiani bodies, nuage accumulations and/or sponge bodies. In the present article, we review the current knowledge on morphology, molecular composition and functioning of these organelles in main lineages of arthropods and different ovary types on the backdrop of data derived from the studies of the model vertebrate species.
KW - Arthropods
KW - Balbiani body
KW - Nurse cells
KW - Oocyte
KW - Yolk nucleus
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U2 - 10.1016/j.asd.2013.12.003
DO - 10.1016/j.asd.2013.12.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 24398038
AN - SCOPUS:84904057771
SN - 1467-8039
VL - 43
SP - 341
EP - 348
JO - Arthropod Structure and Development
JF - Arthropod Structure and Development
IS - 4
ER -