Involvement of the protein of Xenopus vasa homolog (Xenopus vasa-like gene 1, XVLG1) in the differentiation of primordial germ cells

Development Growth and Differentiation

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 625-633

  Ikenishi, Kohji ^a   Tanaka, Tetsuya S ^a  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody injection into blastomeres; DEAD protein; Differentiation of primordial germ cells; Xenopus vasa

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOMERE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GERM CELL; MICROINJECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TADPOLE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030885902     PISSN: 00121592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-169X.1997.t01-4-00010.x     Document Type: Article

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