title: Half-pint: alternative splicing in the Drosophila ovary.
abstract: A new study from the Schüpbach lab implicates a splicing factor, Half-pint, in the regulation of oogenesis in Drosophila. Through processing of the otu mRNA, Hfp appears to control both mitosis and RNA localization in the germline.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, 401 Barker Hall, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rio
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D017344:Genes, Insect; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D009865:Oocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D009866:Oogenesis; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; C061992:otu protein, Drosophila; D012313:RNA