Germ cell nuclear antigen (GCNA1) expression does not require a gonadal environment or steroidogenic factor 1: Examination of GCNA1 in ectopic germ cells and in Ftz-F1 null mice

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 154-158

  Wang, Danhua ^a   Ikeda, Yayoi ^b,c   Parker, Keith L ^c   Enders, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic germ cell; Gametogenesis; Germ cell differentiation; Gonadal development; Primordial germ cells; Steroidogenic factor

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; GENE PRODUCT;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE; GERM CELL; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CELL LINEAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GERM CELLS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OOGONIA; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; SPERMATOGONIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ZINC FINGERS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030882233     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199710)48:2<154::AID-MRD2>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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