Primordial germ cell-derived mouse embryonic germ (EG) cells in vitro resemble undifferentiated stem cells with respect to differentiation capacity and cell cycle distribution

Cell Biology International

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 579-587

  Rohwedel, Jürgen ^a   Sehlmeyer, Ulrich ^a   Shan, Jin ^a   Meister, Armin ^a   Wobus, Anna M ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell cycle; Embryonic germ cells; Embryonic stem cells; In vitro differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; EPITHELIOID CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GERM CELL; HEART MUSCLE CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEM CELL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030221755     PISSN: 10656995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cbir.1996.0076     Document Type: Article

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