The primordial germ cells of mammals: Some current perspectives

Experimental Cell Research

Volumn 232, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 194-207

  Buehr, Mia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; STEEL FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL CELL; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE MUTATION; MAMMAL CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; X CHROMOSOME; XENOPUS;

EID: 0031149814     PISSN: 00144827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/excr.1997.3508     Document Type: Review

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