Gene Review:
mael - maelstrom
Drosophila melanogaster
Synonyms:
CG11254, Dmel\CG11254, MAEL, Mael, Protein maelstrom, ...
- Maelstrom, a Drosophila spindle-class gene, encodes a protein that colocalizes with Vasa and RDE1/AGO1 homolog, Aubergine, in nuage. Findley, S.D., Tamanaha, M., Clegg, N.J., Ruohola-Baker, H. Development (2003)
- maelstrom is required for an early step in the establishment of Drosophila oocyte polarity: posterior localization of grk mRNA. Clegg, N.J., Frost, D.M., Larkin, M.K., Subrahmanyan, L., Bryant, Z., Ruohola-Baker, H. Development (1997)
- Maelstrom is required to position the MTOC in stage 2-6 Drosophila oocytes. Clegg, N.J., Findley, S.D., Mahowald, A.P., Ruohola-Baker, H. Dev. Genes Evol. (2001)