title: Germ cell migration: as slow as molasses.
abstract: In Drosophila embryos, germ cells and somatic cells are formed separately. A recent analysis of the slow as molasses (slam) gene provides a potential link between somatic cell formation and germ cell migration.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Genetik, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. muellear@uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: H-Arno J
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D004330:Drosophila / Q000166:cytology / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D017344:Genes, Insect; D005854:Germ Cells / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins