The Origin of the Avian Germ Line and Transgenesis in Birds

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1084-1092

  Petitte, J N ^a   Karagenc L ^a   Ginsburg, M ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chick; Embryo; Primordial germ cells; SSEA 1; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; BLASTODERM; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GERM CELL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BLASTODERM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GERM CELLS; MALE; MICE; STEM CELLS;

EID: 0031204507     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.8.1084     Document Type: Article

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